HTMLFormElement: method property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLFormElement.method property represents the HTTP method used to submit the <form>.

Unless explicitly specified, the default method is 'get'.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
document.forms["my-form"].method = "post";

const formElement = document.createElement("form"); // Create a form
document.body.appendChild(formElement);
console.log(formElement.method); // 'get'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-fs-method

Browser compatibility

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