Web/API/Location/origin

The origin read-only property of the Location interface is a USVString containing the Unicode serialization of the origin of the represented URL; that is:

• for URL using the http or https, the scheme followed by '://', followed by the domain, followed by ':', followed by the port (the default port, 80 and 443 respectively, if explicitely specified);
• for URL using file: scheme, the value is browser dependant;
• for URL using the blob: scheme, the origin of the URL following blob:. E.g "blob:https://mozilla.org%22 will have "https://mozilla.org%22.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

string = object.origin;

Examples

// On this page, returns the origin
var result = window.location.origin; // Returns:'https://developer.mozilla.org'

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'origin' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
origin	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 26 Notes' Full support 26 Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 49, results for URL using the blob scheme incorrectly returned null.	IE Full support 11 Notes' Full support 11 Notes' Notes' Intranet sites are set to Compatibility View, which will emulate IE7 and omit window.location.origin.	Opera Full support 10	Safari Full support Yes Notes' Full support Yes Notes' Notes' According to Apple's documentation, window.location.origin is supported since Safari 10 (both desktop and mobile), but the feature seems to be present in some older versions as well. Because of this, the exact versions supporting this feature cannot be determined reliably.	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 26 Notes' Full support 26 Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 49, results for URL using the blob scheme incorrectly returned null.	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support 5	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

Location: origin by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.