HTMLMetaElement: name property
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:
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// given <meta name="keywords" content="documentation, HTML, web technologies">
const meta = document.querySelector("meta");
console.log(meta.name);
// "keywords"
Creating a meta element with <code>author</code> 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>:
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let meta = document.createElement("meta");
meta.name = "author";
meta.content = "Franz Kafka";
document.head.appendChild(meta);