HTML DOM Attributes getNamedItem()

Example

Get the value of the scr attribute of an image:

const nodeMap = document.getElementById("light").attributes;
let value = nodeMap.getNamedItem("src").value;
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Get the value of the onclick attribute of a button:

const nodeMap = document.getElementById("myButton");
let value = nodeMap.getNamedItem("onclick").value;
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Description

The getNamedItem() method returns an attribute node from a NamedNodeMap object.


Syntax

namednodemap.getNamedItem(nodename)

Parameters

Parameter Description
nodename Required.
The name of the node in the namedNodeMap.

Return Value

Type Description
A nodeThe node with the specified name.

Browser Support

attributes.getNamedItem is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera IE
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