HTMLMetaElement: name 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 HTMLMetaElement.name
property is used in combination with HTMLMetaElement.content
to define the name-value pairs for the metadata of a document.
The name
attribute defines the metadata name and the content
attribute defines the value.
Value
A string.
Examples
Reading the metadata name of a meta element
The following example queries the first <meta>
element in a document.
The name
value is logged to the console, showing that keywords have been specified for the document:
// given <meta name="keywords" content="documentation, HTML, web technologies">
const meta = document.querySelector("meta");
console.log(meta.name);
// "keywords"
Creating a meta element with author
metadata
The following example creates a new <meta>
element with a name
attribute set to author
.
The content
attribute sets the author of the document and the element is appended to the document <head>
:
let meta = document.createElement("meta");
meta.name = "author";
meta.content = "Franz Kafka";
document.head.appendChild(meta);
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-meta-name |
Browser compatibility
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