title: "Location: protocol property"

short-title: protocol

slug: Web/API/Location/protocol

page-type: web-api-instance-property

browser-compat: api.Location.protocol

{{ApiRef("Location")}}

The **`protocol`** property of the {{domxref("Location")}} interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the location's URL, including the final `":"`.

This property can be set to change the protocol of the URL. A `":"` is appended to the provided string if not provided. The provided scheme has to be compatible with the rest of the URL to be considered valid.

See {{domxref("URL.protocol")}} for more information.

{{Compat}}