HTMLMediaElement: error event

The error event is fired when the resource could not be loaded due to an error (for example, a network connectivity problem).

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener('error', (event) => {});

onerror = (event) => { };

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

const video = document.querySelector('video');
const videoSrc = 'https://path/to/video.webm';

video.addEventListener('error', () => {
  console.error(`Error loading: ${videoSrc}`);
});

video.setAttribute('src', videoSrc);

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# event-media-error
HTML Standard
# handler-window-onmessageerror

Browser compatibility

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See also