HTMLMetaElement: httpEquiv property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLMetaElement.httpEquiv property gets or sets the pragma directive or an HTTP response header name for the HTMLMetaElement.content attribute. For more details on the possible values, see the http-equiv attribute.

Value

A string.

Examples

Reading the http-equiv value of a meta element

The following example queries a <meta> element with an http-equiv attribute. The http-equiv attribute is logged to the console showing a refresh pragma directive that instructs the browser to refresh the page after a number of seconds defined by the content attribute:

js
// given <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10" />
const meta = document.querySelector("meta[http-equiv]");
console.log(meta.httpEquiv);
// refresh
console.log(meta.content);
// 10

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-meta-httpequiv

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
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Full support
Full support

See also