<object>: The HTML Object Element

1 Description

The HTML <object> element is used to embed an external resource (like a video) into a webpage. The optional <img> element will be displayed if the video fails to load.

See Also

The <video> element

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Object Example Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <h1>A Video of A Zebra</h1>
        <object type="video/mp4" data="/assets/video/zebra.mp4" height="400" width="500">
            <img src="/assets/image/zebra.jpg" alt="A Video of a Zebra"/>
        </object>
    </body>
</html>

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