HTML | DOM Link Object

Last Updated : 28 Jul, 2022

HTML DOM Link Object is used to access HTML <link> element.
Syntax:

To Access a HTML element:

document.getElementById("myLink");

To Create a New HTML element:

document.createElement("LINK");

Property Values:

Value	Description
charset	It assigns the character encoding of the linked document
crossOrigin	It assigns the the CORS settings of the linked document
disabled	It assigns whether the linked document is disabled, or not
href	It is used to set/return the URL of the linked document
hreflang	It assigns the language code of the linked document
media	It assigns the media type for the link element
rel	It assigns the relationship between the current document and the linked document
rev	It assigns the reverse relationship from the linked document to the current document
sizes	Returns the sizes attribute's value of the linked resource
type	It is used to set/return the content type of the linked document

Example-1: Accessing link element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link id="linkid" 
          rel="stylesheet" 
          type="text/css"
          href="styles.css">
</head>

<body>
    <h1>TO ACCESS LINK ELEMENT:</h1>

    


<p>PRESS THE BUTTON TO GET THE URL 
      OF THE LINKED DOCUMENT.</p>




    <button onclick="gfg()">Get URL
  </button>

    <p id="pid"></p>




    <script>
        function gfg() {
          
            // Access link element.
            var NEW = document.getElementById(
              "linkid").href;
            document.getElementById(
              "pid").innerHTML = NEW;
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

Output:
Before clicking:

After clicking:

Example-2: Create link element.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>TO CREATE A LINK ELEMENT.</h1>

    <button onclick="myFunction()">Create</button>
    <p id="pid"></p>



    <script>
        function myFunction() {
          
            // Create link element.
            var NEW = document.createElement(
              "LINK");
          
            // set attributes.
            NEW.setAttribute("id", "linkid");
            NEW.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
            NEW.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
            NEW.setAttribute("href", "styles.css");
            document.head.appendChild(NEW);

            var NEW1 = document.getElementById(
              "linkid").href;
            document.getElementById("pid").innerHTML = 
              NEW1;

        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>