HTMLEmbedElement: type property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨January 2020⁩.

The type property of the HTMLEmbedElement interface returns a string that reflects the type attribute of the <embed> element, indicating the MIME type of the resource. It reflects the <embed> element's type attribute

Value

A string; the MIME type of the resource.

Examples

js
const el = document.getElementById("el");
console.log(el.type); // Output: "video/webp"

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-embed-type

Browser compatibility

See also