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Method defines the type of request

GET is a download request and it's used for the following tasks

• Whenever you navigate your browser to a URL, that's a GET request
• Whenever you click an anchor tag link, that's a GET request
• B/C URLs make GET requests, when you load a bookmark, you make GET request
• GET requests are commonly used for Search forms

POST is the "upload" request

• POST method used on login forms or anything w/ a password
• POST method used on any form you fill out that creates a record
• POST method used on any file or image upload
• POST method on registration forms or checkout forms

Action attribute instructs where the form should send the request

• Action is the URL or path where the form sends the request
• Actions can be other webpages entirely
• Actions often point to other URLs for your web application

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