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