The HTMLMetaElement.content property gets or sets the content attribute of pragma directives and named <meta> data in conjunction with HTMLMetaElement.name or HTMLMetaElement.httpEquiv. For more information, see the content attribute.
HTMLMetaElement: content property
Value
A string.
Examples
Reading meta element content
The following example queries a <meta> element that contains a name attribute with the value of keywords. The content value is logged to the console to display the keywords of the document:
js
// given <meta name="keywords" content="documentation, HTML, web">
let meta = document.querySelector("meta[name='keywords']");
console.log(meta.content);
// "documentation, HTML, web"
Creating a meta element with content
The following example creates a new <meta> element with a name attribute set to description. The content attribute sets a description of the document and is appended to the document <head>:
js
let meta = document.createElement("meta");
meta.name = "description";
meta.content =
"The <meta> element can be used to provide document metadata in terms of name-value pairs, with the name attribute giving the metadata name, and the content attribute giving the value.";
document.head.appendChild(meta);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-meta-content |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
content |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMetaElement/content