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'.
A string.
document.forms["my-form"].method = "post";
const formElement = document.createElement("form"); // Create a form
document.body.appendChild(formElement);
console.log(formElement.method); // 'get'
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-fs-method> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
method |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 1 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/method