The <embed> tag is used to include an external application in the HTML document.
Following are the attributes −
- height: It is the height of the embedded content in pixels.
- src: Address of the external file to embed i.e. mention the URL.
- type: It is the media type that specifies the media type of the embedded content
- width: It is width of the embedded content in pixels
Let us now see an example to implement the <embed> tag in HTML −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h2>CSS Demonstrating Application</h2> <embed src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/flex/samples/CSSApplication.swf" height="400" width="600"> </body> </html>
Output
In the above example, we have used the <embed> element −
<embed src="https://www.tutorialspoint.com/flex/samples/CSSApplication.swf" height="400" width="600">
Under the src attribute of the embed element, we have set an external application in the form of a .srf file −
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/flex/samples/CSSApplication.swf