JavaScript Media onerror Event
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JavaScript Media onerror Event
The onerror event occurs when the media could not be loaded.
onerror Event as Attribute
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<video controls>
<source src="/hawk.mp4" onerror="myFunction()" type="video/WMV">
</video>
<script>
function myFunction(){
alert("This video is in mp4 format");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Syntax
As Attribute
<element onerror = "JavaScript">
As Property
object.onerror = function(){
// code
};
Using Event Listener
object.addEventListener("error" , myScript);
onerror Event as Property
Example
HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<video controls>
<source src="/hawk.mp4" type="video/WMV">
</video>
<script>
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("source")[0];
function myFunction(){
alert("This video is in mp4 format");
}
x.onerror = myFunction;
</script>
</body>
</html>
Using addEventListener() Method
Note: The addEventListener() method is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and below.
Example
HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<video controls>
<source src="/hawk.mp4" type="video/WMV">
</video>
<script>
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("source")[0];
function myFunction(){
alert("This video is in mp4 format");
}
x.addEventListener("error", myFunction);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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