HTML | <script> src Attribute

Last Updated : 02 Jun, 2022

The HTML <script> src Attribute is used to specify the URL of external JavaScript file. The External JavaScript file is used to run on the same script on several pages on a website. We can save the JavaScript file with an extension of .js. We can refer the external script using the src attribute of the <script> element.

Syntax:

<script src="URL">

Attribute Values: It contains single value URL which specifies the URL of the external JavaScript file. There are two types of URL link which are listed below:

Absolute URL: It points to another webpage.
Relative URL: It points to other files of the same web page.

Below example illustrates the <script> src attribute in HTML:

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
 
<head> 
    <title> 
    HTML  script src Attribute 
    </title> 
</head> 
 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 
    <h1> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
 
    <h2> 
        HTML script src Attribute
    </h2> 
 
    <script id="myGeeks"
            type="text/javascript"
            src="my_script.js"> 
    </script> 
    <br> 
    <button>Submit</button>
 
</body> 
 
</html> 