HTMLImageElement: src 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.

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The src property of the HTMLImageElement interface specifies the image to display in the <img> element. It reflects the <img> element's src content attribute.

Value

A string. For more information about the syntax of the src attribute, see the HTML <img> reference.

Examples

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Setting the src attribute

js
const img = new Image(); img.src = "example.png"; img.alt = "An example picture"; 

Specifications

Specification
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Browser compatibility

See also