The method attribute in the element specifies how the data is sent to the server.

HTTP methods declare what action is to be performed on the data that is submitted to the server. HTTP Protocol provides several methods, and the HTML Form element is able to use two methods to send user data:

The HTML GET method is used to get a resource from the server. For example,

When we submit the above form by entering California in the input field, the request sent to the server will be www.programiz.com/search/?location=California.

The HTTP GET method adds a query string at the end of the URL to send data to the server. The query string is in the form of key-value pair followed by ? symbol.

From the URL, the server can parse the user-submitted value where:

Note: If there is more than one query, the query string will be separated by a & symbol.

The HTTP POST method is used to send data to the server for further processing. For example,

When we submit the form, it will add the user input data to the body of the request sent to the server. The request would look like

The data sent is not easily visible to the user. However, we can check the sent data using special tools like the browsers' dev tools.