HTML DOM Anchor href Property

# Anchor href Property

Anchor Object

## Example

Change the destination (URL) of a link:

document.getElementById("myAnchor").href = "http://www.cnn.com/";
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## Definition and Usage

The href property sets or returns the value of the href attribute of a link.

The href attribute specifies the destination of a link.

## Browser Support

The href property is supported in all major browsers.

## Syntax

Return the href property:

anchorObject.href

Set the href property:

anchorObject.href=URL

## Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---

URL

Specifies the URL of the link.
Possible values:

- An absolute URL - points to another web site (like href="http://www.example.com/default.htm")
- A relative URL - points to a file within a web site (like href="default.htm")
- An anchor URL - points to an anchor within a page (like href="#top")

## Technical Details

Return Value: | A String, representing the URL of the link. Returns the entire URL, including the protocol (like http://)

## More Examples

## Example

Get the URL of a link:

var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").href;

The result of x will be:

http://www.w3schools.com/js/
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## Example

Another example of how to get the URL of a link (a relative URL):

var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").href;
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## Related Pages

HTML reference: HTML <a> href attribute

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