onerror Event

Call a function when an error occurs while a video is being downloaded:

More examples below.

Definition and Usage

The onerror event occurs when an error occurs during the loading of a media.

While loading a media, 7 events occur in the following order:

Event	Occurs When	Bubbles
onloadstart	The loading of a media starts	No
ondurationchange	The duration of a media is changed	No
onloadedmetadata	The meta data for a media has been loaded	No
onloadeddata	A media frame is loaded	No
onprogress	The browser is loading a media	No
oncanplay	An element's scrollbar is being scrolled	No
oncanplaythrough	The browser estimates it can play a media	No

Other events that can occur in the media loading process:

Event	Occurs When	Bubbles
onabort	The loading of a media is aborted	No
onemptied	A media is empty (already loaded)	No
onerror	An error occurs while loading a media	No
onstalled	Media data is not available	No
onsuspend	The browser is not getting the media data	No

In HTML:

<element onerror="myScript">

In JavaScript:

object.onerror = function(){myScript};

In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:

object.addEventListener("error", myScript);

onerror is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9-11