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.
Description
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 length Property returns the number of elements in the collection.
The elements can be accessed by index (starts at 0).
An HTMLCollection is live. It is automatically updated when the document is changed.
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 |
