The protocol property represents the protocol portion of the URL.
This is located in the beginning of the URL address (the text before ://).
For example, the protocol for http://www.navioo.com is http: and the protocol for ftp://www.yourserver.com is ftp:.
<html> <head> <title> Using the protocol property of the Location object</title> </head> <body> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function show(){ alert(document.location.protocol); } --> </script> <form name="form1"> Click the button to get the current location.protocol value of the following address: <br> http://www.navioo.com <br><br> <input type="button" name="getproto" value="Get protocol" ?onClick='show()'> <br> </form> </body> </html>
