JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="test"></div>

JavaScript

function test() {
    var e = document.createElement('span');
    var t = document.getElementById('test');
    t.appendChild(e);
    e.style.backgroundImage = 'url(http://abc.com/123.gif)';
    console.log("value: " + e.style.backgroundImage);
    console.log('detaching');
    t.removeChild(e);
    console.log('attempting background-image change');
    e.style.backgroundImage = 'url(http://abc.com/blah/123.gif)';
    console.log("value: " + e.style.backgroundImage);
    console.log('attaching');
    t.appendChild(e);
    console.log('attempting background-image change');
    e.style.backgroundImage = 'url(http://abc.com/blah/123.gif)';
    console.log("value: " + e.style.backgroundImage);
};

test();