Action attribute and method are not inbuilt in a form, they have to be specified in a form externally. Javascript has provided document.action and document.method methods to get the action attribute and method of a form respectively. Let's discuss them individually.
Action Attribute
Example
In the following example, the action attribute of the form is found out using document.action attribute and displayed the result in the output.
<html>
<body>
<form id="frm1" action="/online_javascript_editor.php" method="get"></form>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var act = document.getElementById("frm1").action;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = act;
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/online_javascript_editor.php
Method of a form
Example
In the following example, the method of the form is found out using document.method attribute and displayed the result in the output.
<html>
<body>
<form id="frm1" action="/online_javascript_editor.php" method="get"></form>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var met = document.getElementById("frm1").method;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = met;
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
get