# Element: hasAttribute() method



The **`Element.hasAttribute()`** method returns a
**Boolean** value indicating whether the specified element has the
specified attribute or not.

## Syntax

```js-nolint
hasAttribute(name)
```

### Parameters

- `name`
  - : is a string representing the name of the attribute.

### Return value

A boolean.

## Examples

```js
const foo = document.getElementById("foo");
if (foo.hasAttribute("bar")) {
  // do something
}
```

## Specifications

## Browser compatibility

## See also

- [Element.hasAttributes()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/hasAttributes)
- [Element.getAttribute()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getAttribute)
- [Element.setAttribute()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/setAttribute)
- [Element.removeAttribute()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/removeAttribute)
- [Element.toggleAttribute()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/toggleAttribute)