Set custom attribute using JavaScript

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Use the setAttribute method:

document.getElementById('item1').setAttribute('data', "icon: 'base2.gif', url: 'output.htm', target: 'AccessPage', output: '1'");

But you really should be using data followed with a dash and with its property, like:

<li ... data-icon="base.gif" ...>

And to do it in JS use the dataset property:

document.getElementById('item1').dataset.icon = "base.gif";

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