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HTML DOM getAttribute() Method

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The HTML DOM getAttribute() method is used to retrieve the value of a specified attribute from an HTML element. It returns the attribute's value as a string or null if the attribute doesn't exist.

Note: It will return a null or an empty string if the specified attribute doesn't exist.

Syntax

Object.getAttribute(attributename)

Parameter

Parameter

Description

name

It is a required parameter with a string type that specifies the name of the attribute that needs to retrieve the value.

Example 1: This example illustrates the DOM getAttribute() method that specifies the value of the attribute for the specified name, of an element.

Output:

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DOM getAttribute() Method

Example 2: This example illustrates the DOM getAttribute() method to retrieve the href attribute value of an element.

Output:

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DOM getAttribute() Method

We have a complete list of HTML DOM methods, to check those please go through this HTML DOM Object Complete reference article.

Supported Browsers:

  • Google Chrome 1.0
  • Microsoft Edge 12.0
  • Firefox 1.0
  • Opera 8.0
  • Safari 1.0

We have a Cheat Sheet on Javascript where we covered all the important topics of Javascript to check those please go through Javascript Cheat Sheet-A Basic guide to JavaScript.

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