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window.location.port

Summary

The port number the document was accessed via.

Property of apis/locationapis/location

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = window.location.port;

Return Value

Returns an object of type

The port number the document was accessed via.

For example, http://example.org/ would return the default HTTP port number of 80.

Examples

The following example assumes your document has a div element with id 'hostDiv’, like this.

// Get the port from window.location
var host = window.location.port;

// Get a div element with id 'hostDiv'
var container = document.getElementById('hostDiv');

// Fill in the div element with the port
container.innerHTML = port;

Related specifications

Window Object 1.0
W3C Working Draft