HTML DOM Audio autoplay Property

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The Audio autoplay property is used for setting or returning whether audio should start playing as soon as it is loaded or not. It can be used to specify that the audio should automatically start playing as soon as it is loaded.

Syntax:

Return the autoplay property:

audioObject.autoplay

Set the autoplay property:

audioObject.autoplay = true|false

Property Values:

true|false: It is used to specify whether audio should automatically start playing as soon as it is loaded or not.

Return Values: It returns a Boolean value, that returns true if the audio automatically starts playing, otherwise it returns false

The below program illustrates the Audio autoplay Property:

Example: Enabling autoplay for audio.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        Audio autoplay property
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align: center">
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2 style="font-family: Impact">
        Audio autoplay Property
    </h2>
    <br>
    <audio id="Test_Audio" controls autoplay>
        <source src="sample1.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
        <source src="sample1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
    </audio>
    <p>
          To know whether autoplay is enabled or not,
        double click the "Return Autoplay Status" button.
    </p>
    <br>
    <button ondblclick="My_Audio()">
        Return Autoplay Status
    </button>
    <p id="test"></p>
 
    <script>
        function My_Audio() {
            let a =
                document.getElementById("Test_Audio").autoplay;
            document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = a;
        }
    </script>
 
</body>
 
</html>