getattribute in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get attribute

//HTML
//<div id="elem" data-id="4hJ3s"></div>

var elem = document.getElementById("elem");
elem.getAttribute("data-id"); // "4hJ3s"

Example 2: js getattribute

const link = document.querySelector('a');

console.log(link.getAttribute('href'));

Example 3: javascript get attribute

<div id="id_of_the_element" data-attribute_name="foo"></div>

var elem = document.getElementById("id_of_the_element");
var attribute_value = elem.getAttribute("data-attribute_name");

//OR with jquery...
var attribute_value = $('#id_of_the_element').attr('data-attribute_name');
//OR...
var attribute_value = $('#id_of_the_element').data('attribute_name');

Example 4: getattribute javascript

let attribute = element.getAttribute(attributeName);

Example 5: getattribute javascript

<!-- example div in an html DOC -->
<div id="div1">Hi Champ!</div>

// in a console
const div1 = document.getElementById('div1');
//=> <div id="div1">Hi Champ!</div>

const exampleAttr= div1.getAttribute('id');
//=> "div1"

const align = div1.getAttribute('align')
//=> null