HTMLEmbedElement: type property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The type property of the HTMLEmbedElement interface returns a string that reflects the type attribute of the <embed> element, indicating the MIME type of the resource. It reflects the <embed> element's type attribute

Value

A string; the MIME type of the resource.

Examples

js
const el = document.getElementById("el");
console.log(el.type); // Output: "video/webp"

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-embed-type

Browser compatibility

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See also