Audio object method play() in Javascript

The audio object method play() used to start playing the current audio. It can be used to play audio again if audio is paused or if auto play is off on page load.

Syntax

 1 <audio>.play()

audio : A audio element object to start playing video by using play() method

Audio method play()

 1 <html>
 2 <style>
 3   .container {
 4     margin: 10px 0;
 5   }  
 6 </style>
 7 <body>
 8 	<h1>The Audio Object</h1>
 9 	<h2>Example</h2>
 10 	
 11 	<div>
 12 	  <audio id="audio" controls >
 13 	    <source id="source" src="audio.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
 14 	    Your browser does not support the audio tag.
 15 	  </audio>
 16 	</div>
 17 	<p>
 18 	  <button onclick="access(true)">Play</button>
 19 	  <button onclick="access(false)">Pause</button>
 20 	</p>
 21 	<p id="result"></p>
 22 	
 23 	<script>
 24 	function access(value) {	  
 25 	  const audio = document.getElementById("audio")
 26 	  value ? audio.play() : audio.pause();
 27 	  const str = `audio ${value ? 'Audio playing !' : 'Audio paused !' }`;
 28 	  document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = str;
 29 	}
 30 	</script>
 31 </body>
 32 </html>