HTMLAnchorElement: password property

The HTMLAnchorElement.password property is a string containing the password specified before the domain name.

If it is set without first setting the username property, it silently fails.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://anonymous:flabada@developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAnchorElement"> is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementByID("myAnchor");
anchor.password; // returns 'flabada'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-hyperlink-password-dev

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
password

See also