HTML <embed> tag

HTML <embed> tag is used to embed an external document in an HTML file which can be a third party application, multimedia, plugin(interactive content), etc. This element is new in HTML5.

Syntax:

<embed src=" " ></embed>

Following are some specifications about the HTML <embed> tag

Display	block
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Embed third-party applications

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
<head>  
<title>Embed Tag</title>  
<style>  
    h2{  
    color: #cd5c5c;}  
    p{  
    color: #20b2aa;  
    font-style: italic;}  
 </style>  
</head>  
<body>  
<h2>Example of embed tag</h2>  
<p>The Dancing Penguin</p>  
<embed src="giphy.gif" height="200" width="300"></embed>  
</body>  
</html>

Output:

Attribute

Tag-specific attribute

Attribute	Value	Description
height	pixels	It specifies the height of the embedded content
src	URL	It defines the resource location of the embedded document.
type	media-type	It specifies the MIME type.
width	pixels	It determines the width of the embedded content.