HTML5: How to define the HTTP method for sending data to the action URL?

Last update on February 09 2024 12:52:48 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declaration specifying the document type -->
<html><!-- Opening tag for the root element of the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Opening tag for the document's header section -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Metadata tag specifying the character encoding of the document -->
<title>How to define the HTTP method for sending data to the action URL</title><!-- Title of the HTML document -->
</head><!-- Closing tag for the document's header section -->
<body><!-- Opening tag for the document's body section -->
<form action="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/input-formmethod-answer-demo.php" method="get"  ><!-- Form element defining a form with action, method, and formmethod attributes -->
First Name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the first name -->
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the last name -->
Address: <input type="text" name="place"><br><!-- Text input field for entering the address -->
<input type="submit" value="Submit"><!-- Submit button to submit the form data -->
<input type="submit" formmethod="post" formaction="https://www.w3resource.com/html-css-exercise/basic/solution/input-formmethod-post-answer.php" value="Submit using POST"><!-- Submit button with formmethod and formaction attributes specifying the HTTP method and action URL -->
</form><!-- Closing tag for the form -->
</body><!-- Closing tag for the document's body section -->
</html><!-- Closing tag for the root element of the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML code demonstrates how to define the HTTP method for sending data to the action URL of a form.
The form element is defined with action set to the URL where the form data should be sent and method set to "get" as the default HTTP method.
Inside the form, there are text input fields for entering the first name, last name, and address.
There are two submit buttons:

The first submit button uses the default GET method to submit the form data.
The second submit button overrides the default method to POST using the formmethod attribute and specifies a different action URL using the formaction attribute.

Live Demo :

See the Pen input-formmethod-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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