This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLIFrameElement.src A string that reflects the src HTML attribute, containing the address of the content to be embedded.
Note that programmatically removing an <iframe>'s src attribute (e.g., via Element.removeAttribute()) causes about:blank to be loaded in the frame.
const iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
iframe.src = "/";
const body = document.querySelector("body");
body.appendChild(iframe); // Fetch the image using the complete URL as the referrer
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-iframe-src> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
src |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
HTMLEmbedElement.srcHTMLImageElement.srcHTMLMediaElement.srcHTMLScriptElement.srcHTMLTrackElement.src
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLIFrameElement/src