HTMLImageElement: src property

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The src property of the {{domxref("HTMLImageElement")}}  interface specifies the image to display in the {{HTMLElement("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

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

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.currentSrc")}} 
• {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.srcset")}} 
• {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.sizes")}}