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How to Handle a Form without an Action or Method Attribute

It’s not uncommon to come across form code that doesn’t have an action or method attribute visible in the HTML. Here’s an example: <form id="subscription"> ... <button type="submit" >Submit</button> </form> Surprisingly, the form can still be submitted, and you will receive a message to that effect. So, how does this work? Handling forms using JavaScript The trick is to use JavaScript to capture the form submission event. The JavaScript code collects the form data and sends it to the server, displaying an appropriate message to the user.

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