HTMLSourceElement: type property

The type property of the HTMLSourceElement interface is a string representing the MIME type of the media resource.

It reflects the type attribute of the <source> element.

Value

A string.

Examples

html
<source
  id="el"
  src="large.webp"
  type="video/webp"
  media="screen and (min-width: 600px)" />
js
const el = document.getElementById("el");
console.log(el.type); // Output: "video/webp"

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-source-type

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