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.

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

Setting the src attribute

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-img-src

Browser compatibility

See also