Is this considered a POST or GET request?

Question

I saw the below code in w3school. I was wondering is this considered a POST request or a GET request. I only changed the action location to go to a java servlet rather than php.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
  <form id="myForm" action="/action">
    First name: <input type="text" name="fname"><br> Last name: <input type="text" name="lname"><br><br>
    <input type="button" onclick="myFunction()" value="Submit form">
  </form>

  <script>
    function myFunction() {
      document.getElementById("myForm").submit();
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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` defaults to GET. How the server handles the URL makes no difference — SLaks, Jul 09 '18 at 17:54

Roshana Pitigala · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-09T18:16:05.770

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<form>'s default method is GET.

So it is considered as a GET request. You'll see all the parameters are being binded to the URL once the form is submitted.

EDIT (answering this comment):

Easiest way to change the method of the form is to mention it in method attribute in the <form> tag.

<form method='POST' id="myForm">

Or you can use javascript as below,

document.getElementById("myForm").method = "POST";

edited Jul 09 '18 at 18:16

answered Jul 09 '18 at 17:54

Roshana Pitigala

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As a side note, how do you choose the submit to be a POST or GET in the javascript (if that's even possible)? In other words, is it possible to keep the form as it is but change the javascript so that the submission is POST. – Qwerty Qwerts Jul 09 '18 at 18:03
@QwertyQwerts I have edited the post. Check it now. – Roshana Pitigala Jul 09 '18 at 18:13
Thankyou so much for you help :) – Qwerty Qwerts Jul 09 '18 at 18:16
@QwertyQwerts My pleasure... Cheers! :) – Roshana Pitigala Jul 09 '18 at 18:17

Is this considered a POST or GET request?

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