Use the document.documentElement property in JavaScript to get the documentElement of the document i.e. the nodeName. You can try to run the following code to implement document.documentElement property in JavaScript −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Demo Text</p>
<script>
document.body.style.backgroundColor = "gray";
var a = document.documentElement.nodeName;
document.write("Node Name: "+a);
</script>
</body>
</html>