Javascript DOM HTML Embed src Property get

Introduction

Return the URL of an embedded file: 

var x = document.getElementById("myEmbed").src;

Click the button to return the value of the src attribute of the embed element.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<embed id="myEmbed" src="video.mp4">
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

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

<script>
function myFunction() {//w  w w .  ja  va 2 s.c o m
  var x = document.getElementById("myEmbed").src;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The src property sets or gets the value of the src attribute in an embed element.

The src attribute sets the address (URL) of the external file to embed.

The src property accepts and returns a String value.

Property Values

Value Description
URL Set URL of the external file to embed.

The src property returns a String representing the URL of the embedded file.




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