HTML DOM Document scripts
Examples
Number of <script> elements in the document:
document.scripts.length;
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Return the content of the first <script> element:
document.scripts[0].text;
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Return the content of the first <script> element:
document.scripts.item(0).text;
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More examples below.
Definition and Usage
The scripts property returns a collection of all <script> elements in the document.
The scripts property returns an HTMLCollection.
The scripts property is read-only.
See Also:
HTMLCollection
An HTMLCollection is an array-like collection (list) of HTML elements.
The elements in a collection can be accessed by index (starts at 0).
The length Property returns the number of elements in the collection.
Syntax
document.scripts
Properties
| Property | Description |
| length | The number of <script> elements in the collection. |
Methods
| Method | Description |
| [index] | Returns the element with the specified index (starts at 0). Returns null if the index is out of range. |
| item(index) | Returns the element with the specified index (starts at 0). Returns null if the index is out of range. |
| namedItem(id) | Returns the element with the specified id. Returns null if the id does not exist. |
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| Object | An HTMLCollection Object. All <script> elements in the document. The elements are sorted as they appear in the document. |
More Examples
Return the content of the <script> element with id="myScript":
document.scripts.namedItem("myScript").text;
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Loop over all <script> elements and output each id:
const collection = document.scripts;
let text = "";
for (let i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
text += collection[i].id + "<br>";
}
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Browser Support
document.scripts is a DOM Level 2 (2001) feature.
It is fully supported in all browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 9-11 |
