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HTML Interface

The HTML DOM API

The HTML DOM API is made up of the interfaces that define the functionality of each of the elements in HTML, as well as any supporting types and interfaces they rely upon.

The functional areas included in the HTML DOM API include:

  • Access to and control of HTML elements via the DOM.
  • Access to and manipulation of form data.
  • Interacting with the contents of 2D images and the context of an HTML <canvas>, for example to draw on top of them.
  • Management of media connected to the HTML media elements (<audio> and <video>).
  • Dragging and dropping of content on webpages.
  • Access to the browser navigation history
  • Supporting and connective interfaces for other APIs such as Web Components, Web Storage, Web Workers, WebSocket, and Server-sent events.

Source: Mozilla, https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTML_DOM_API#html_dom_api_interfaces
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