Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Anchor password Property

The password property sets or gets the password part of the href attribute value.

Example: https://userName:password@www.example.com.

Browser Support


`password`	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes

Syntax

Return the password property:

var v = anchorObject.password

Set the password property:

anchorObject.password = password;

Property Values

Value	Description
password	Set the password part of a URL

Return Value

A String representing the password part of the URL.

Example

The following code shows how to get the password part of a link.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<p><a id="myAnchor" href="https://userName:password@www.example.com">Example link</a></p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor").password;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to change the password part of a link


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!-- w w w  .j  ava  2s  . c om-->
<p><a id="myAnchor" href="https://userName:password@www.example.com">Example link</a></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myAnchor").password = "Password101";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "changed";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: