HTML| action Attribute - GeeksforGeeks

The HTML | action Attribute is used to specify where the formdata is to be sent to the server after submission of the form. It can be used in the <form> element.

Syntax:

<form action="URL">

Attribute Values:

URL: It is used to specify the URL of the document where the data to be sent after the submission of the form.
The possible values of the URL are:

absolute URL: It points to another website link. For Example: www.gfg.org
relative URL: It is used to point to a file within a webpage. For Example: www.geeksforgeeks.org

Example-1: This Example illustrates the use of action Attribute.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML action Attribute 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
    <h2>HTML action Attribute</h2> 
  
    <form action="test.php" 
          method="post"
          id="users"> 
  
        <label for="username"> 
          Username: 
      </label> 
        <input type="text"
               name="username"
               id="Username"> 
  
        <br> 
        <br> 
  
        <label for="password"> 
          Paswword: 
      </label> 
        <input type="password" 
               name="password"> 
    </form> 
  
    <br> 
  
    <button onclick="myGeeks()"> 
        Submit 
    </button> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <b>After Submitting the form-data will sent 
      to the "test.php" page on the server.</b> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Outputs:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML action Attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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