# How to check if an element has attributes using JavaScript
By Atta Ur Rehman Shah (https://attacomsian.com/about). Published Aug 10, 2020, updated Sep 23, 2021. Topics: JavaScript.
Canonical URL: https://attacomsian.com/blog/javascript-dom-check-if-an-element-has-attributes
> Learn how to use the hasAttributes() method in JavaScript to check if an HTML element has any attributes.
To check if an HTML element has any attributes, you can use the `hasAttributes()` method. This method returns `true` if the specified node has any attributes, otherwise `false`.
If the specified node is not an `Element` node, for example, whitespace and comments, the return value is always `false`.
Let us say you have the following HTML code snippet:
```html
Example
```
The following example demonstrates how you can use the `hasAttributes()` method to check if HTML elements has attributes:
```javascript
const body = document.body;
const btn = document.querySelector('button');
console.log(body.hasAttributes()); // false
console.log(btn.hasAttributes()); // true
```
To check the [existence of a specific attribute](https://attacomsian.com/blog/javascript-dom-check-if-an-attribute-exists), JavaScript provides the `hasAttribute()` method:
```javascript
console.log(btn.hasAttribute('id')); // true
```
The `hasAttributes()` method works in all modern browsers, and IE9 and above.