HTMLFormElement: enctype property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLFormElement.enctype
property is the MIME type of content that is used
to submit the form to the server. Possible values are:
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
: The initial default type.multipart/form-data
: The type that allows file<input>
element(s) to upload file data.text/plain
: Ambiguous format, human-readable content not reliably interpretable by computer.
This value can be overridden by a formenctype
attribute
on a <button>
or <input>
element.
Value
A string.
Examples
js
form.enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-fs-enctype |
Browser compatibility
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