get element data attribute 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 get data attribute

var element = document.querySelector('.element');
var dataAttribute = element.getAttribute('data-name');
// replace "data-name" with your data attribute name

console.log(dataAttribute);

Example 3: javascript get data-id attribute

//get data-id attribute in plain Javascript
var element = document.getElementById('myDivID');
var dataID = element.getAttribute('data-id');

//get data-id using jQuery
var dataID = $('myDivID').data('data-id');

Example 4: get data attribute javascript

// <div id="element" data-name="john"></div>

const el = document.querySelector('#element')
el.dataset.name // 'john'

Example 5: javascript get data attribute value

const article = document.querySelector('#electric-cars');
 
article.dataset.columns // "3"
article.dataset.indexNumber // "12314"
article.dataset.parent // "cars"