FormData : Object

constructor

Use with XMLHttpRequest.send() to send form results to a server without navigating.

Constructors

new FormData() : FormData

Constructs an empty FormData.

Example:

<button onclick='send()'>Send</button>
<script>
  var send = function() {
    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    // POST to httpbin which returns the POST data as JSON
    request.open('POST', 'https://httpbin.org/post', /* async = */ false);

    var formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('key1', 'value1');
    formData.append('key2', 'value2');

    request.send(formData);
    console.log(request.response);
  };
</script>

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new FormData(form : HTMLFormElement) : FormData

Constructs a FormData using the values from the specified form.

Example:

<form id='test-form'>
  Input1: <input name='input1'><br>
  Input2: <input name='input2'><br>
  <input type='submit'>
</form>
<script>
  var testForm = document.getElementById('test-form');
  testForm.onsubmit = function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    // POST to httpbin which returns the POST data as JSON
    request.open('POST', 'https://httpbin.org/post', /* async = */ false);

    var formData = new FormData(document.getElementById('test-form'));
    request.send(formData);

    console.log(request.response);
  }
</script>

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Instance Methods

append 2 variants

append(name : String, value : String) : undefined

Appends the name/value pair to the FormData.

Example:

<form id='test-form'>
  Input1: <input name='input1'><br>
  Input2: <input name='input2'><br>
  <input type='submit'>
</form>
<script>
  var testForm = document.getElementById('test-form');
  testForm.onsubmit = function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    // POST to httpbin which returns the POST data as JSON
    request.open('POST', 'https://httpbin.org/post', /* async = */ false);

    var formData = new FormData(document.getElementById('test-form'));

    formData.append('appended1', 'appended value');

    request.send(formData);

    console.log(request.response);
  }
</script>

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append(name : String, value : Blob, [filename : String]) : undefined

Appends the name/value as a file with the specified filename.

Example:

<form id='test-form'>
  Input1: <input name='input1'><br>
  Input2: <input name='input2'><br>
  <input type='submit'>
</form>
<script>
  var testForm = document.getElementById('test-form');
  testForm.onsubmit = function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    // POST to httpbin which returns the POST data as JSON
    request.open('POST', 'https://httpbin.org/post', /* async = */ false);

    var formData = new FormData(document.getElementById('test-form'));

    formData.append('appendedFile1', new Blob(['foo']));
    formData.append('appendedFile2', new Blob(['bar']), 'bar.txt');

    request.send(formData);

    console.log(request.response);
  }
</script>

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