HTML onplay Attribute

Last Updated : 01 Jun, 2022

The HTML onplay Attribute is a event attribute which occurs when the audio/video is played. The audio/video can be played either by the user or programmatically.

Supported Tags:

Syntax:

<element onplay="myScript">

Attribute Value: This attribute contains single value script which works when onplay event attribute call. This attribute is supported by <audio> and <video> tags.

Example 1:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            HTML onplay Attribute
        </title>
    </head>
 
    <body>
        <center>
            <h1 style="color: green;">
                GeeksforGeks
            </h1>
            <h2>HTML onplay Attribute</h2>
 
            <audio controls id="audID"
                   onplay="GFGfun()">
                <source src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190625153922/frog.mp3"
                        type="audio/mpeg" />
            </audio>
 
            <script>
                function GFGfun() {
                    alert("audio play");
                }
            </script>
        </center>
    </body>
</html>

Output:

After clicking on play Button:

Example 2:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            HTML onplay Attribute
        </title>
    </head>
 
    <body>
        <center>
            <h1 style="color: green;">
                GeeksforGeks
            </h1>
            <h2>HTML onplay Attribute</h2>
 
            <video controls id="vidID"
                   onplay="GFGfun()"
                   width="320"
                   height="240">
                <source src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190401140735/g4g2.mp4"
                        type="video/mp4" />
            </video>
 
            <script>
                function GFGfun() {
                    alert("Video play");
                }
            </script>
        </center>
    </body>
</html>