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How can I get the ID of an element using jQuery?
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Submitted by Pratishtha Saxena, on June 10, 2022
jQuery is a JavaScript library used to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal, event handling, etc.
To find the id of an element - we'll use the attr() method of jQuery. attr(), here means attribute if an element. It will return the attribute of the element provided as a parameter for it. The ID, here can be treated as an attribute of the element.
Syntax:
element.attr(attributeName)
The element is specified first and the attribute name (here ID) is specified which will return the id of the element.
Note: Always put the jQuery CDN link while working with jQuery.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
jQuery example for getting the ID of an element
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="firstID">This is first div. It's ID is in console.</div>
<script>
let first = $('#firstID');
console.log(first.attr('id') );
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
