---

title: "MediaError: code property"

short-title: code

slug: Web/API/MediaError/code

page-type: web-api-instance-property

browser-compat: api.MediaError.code

---

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The read-only property **`MediaError.code`** returns a numeric

value which represents the kind of error that occurred on a media element. To get a text

string with specific diagnostic information, see {{domxref("MediaError.message")}}.

## Value

A numeric value indicating the general type of error which occurred. The possible

values are described below, in [Media error code constants](#media_error_code_constants).

### Media error code constants

<table class="no-markdown">

<thead>

<tr>

<th scope="col">Name</th>

<th scope="col">Value</th>

<th scope="col">Description</th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

<tr>

<td><code>MEDIA_ERR_ABORTED</code></td>

<td><code>1</code></td>

<td>

The fetching of the associated resource was aborted by the user's

request.

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><code>MEDIA_ERR_NETWORK</code></td>

<td><code>2</code></td>

<td>

Some kind of network error occurred which prevented the media from being

successfully fetched, despite having previously been available.

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><code>MEDIA_ERR_DECODE</code></td>

<td><code>3</code></td>

<td>

Despite having previously been determined to be usable, an error

occurred while trying to decode the media resource, resulting in an

error.

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td><code>MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED</code></td>

<td><code>4</code></td>

<td>

The associated resource or media provider object (such as a

{{domxref("MediaStream")}}) has been found to be unsuitable.

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

## Examples

This example creates a {{HTMLElement("video")}} element, establishes an error handler

for it, and then sets the element's [`src`](/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/video#src) attribute to the

video resource to present in the element. The error handler outputs a message

```js

const obj = document.createElement("video");

obj.onerror = () => {

console.error(`Error with media: ${obj.error.code}`);

};

obj.src = "https://example.com/blahblah.mp4";

```

## Specifications

{{Specifications}}

## Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

## See also

- {{domxref("MediaError")}}: Interface used to define the `MediaError.code` property