HTMLFormElement: enctype property

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}} 

The HTMLFormElement.enctype property is the {{Glossary("MIME_type", "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 {{HTMLElement("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 {{HTMLElement("button")}}  or {{HTMLElement("input")}}  element.

Value

A string.

Examples

form.enctype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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