NamedNodeMap: getNamedItem() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The getNamedItem() method of the NamedNodeMap interface returns the Attr corresponding to the given name, or null if there is no corresponding attribute.

Note: This method is also called when you use the operator [] syntax. So, myMap[str] is equivalent to myMap.getNamedItem(str) where str is a string.

Syntax

js
getNamedItem(name) [name] 

Parameters

name

A string with the name of the desired attribute.

Return value

An Attr corresponding to the name given in parameter, or null if none has been found.

Example

html
<pre test="test"></pre> 
js
const pre = document.querySelector("pre"); const attrMap = pre.attributes; const value = attrMap.getNamedItem("test").value; pre.textContent = `The 'test' attribute contains ${value}. And 'foo' has ${attrMap["foo"] ? "been" : "not been"} found.`; 

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-namednodemap-getnameditem

Browser compatibility