HTMLAreaElement: ping property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Theping property of theHTMLAreaElement interface is a space-separated list of URLs. When the link is followed, the browser will sendPOST requests with the body PING to the URLs.
It reflects theping attribute of the<area> element.
Note:This property is not effective in Firefox and its usage may be limited due to privacy and security concerns.
Example
html
<map name="example-map"> <area href="https://example.com" ping="https://example-tracking.com https://example-analytics.com" alt="example" /></map>js
const areaCollection = document.getElementById("example-map").areas;console.log(areaCollection[0].ping); // Output: "https://example-tracking.com https://example-analytics.com"Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-area-ping |
Browser compatibility
See also
HTMLAnchorElement.pingproperty