html get attribute 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: 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 3: dom element get attribute

document.getElementById('id1').getAttribute('attribute');

Example 4: get element attribute javascript

var x = document.getElementsByTagName("H1")[0].getAttribute("class");

Example 5: html value attribute

<!-- The value attribute is used to for example fill data to an input -->

<input type="text" value="I was already filled" id="textInput">

<!-- The value can be set or copied using JavaScrpit -->
<script>
	// Get your element
	var input = document.getElementById('textInput');
	
	// get the value
	var value = input.value;
	
	// set the value
	input.value = "i was changed";
</script>