files/en-us/web/api/htmlgeolocationelement/error/index.md
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The error read-only property of the {{domxref("HTMLGeolocationElement")}} interface returns a {{domxref("GeolocationPositionError")}} object representing error information, in the event of a failure to retrieve location data.
If location data retrieval is successful, the data is available in the {{domxref("HTMLGeolocationElement.position")}} property.
A {{domxref("GeolocationPositionError")}} object, or null if location data was successfully retrieved.
<geolocation autolocate></geolocation>
const geo = document.querySelector("geolocation");
geo.addEventListener("location", () => {
if (geo.position) {
console.log(
`(${geo.position.coords.latitude},${geo.position.coords.longitude})`,
);
} else if (geo.error) {
console.log(geo.error.message);
}
});
See our Embedded map example walkthrough for a real-world example that includes error.
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