Form data
Form data is a collection of named values associated with form controls for submission or processing.
React Quickly, Second Edition
Form data is the information entered or otherwise held while a user interacts with form fields.
- How it is used
- Captures user input for interactive React forms and keeps form values available to application logic.
- How deep it goes
- Explains controlled and uncontrolled ownership, then works through shared object state and generic change handlers.
- Examples
- Uses text inputs and a multi-field address form with shared state and name-based updates.
- What you can do after
- Build controlled forms with many inputs using shared state and reusable change handlers.
ASP.NET Core in Action, 3e
A form value is a named field value submitted in the body of an HTTP request by an HTML form.
- How it is used
- Uses submitted field values to populate Razor Page models and handler parameters.
- How deep it goes
- Defines request-body form values and traces their binding, validation, and delivery, but defers generating forms with Razor syntax and Tag Helpers.
- Examples
- Demonstrates Category and Username properties plus a ProductModel handler parameter receiving bound values.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Razor Pages to receive submitted fields in properties or page-handler parameters.
Pro ASP.NET Core 7, Tenth Edition
Form data is the collection of named values submitted by an HTML form to a server.
- How it is used
- Processes HTML form submissions inside an ASP.NET Core MVC controller and carries simple results across a redirect.
- How deep it goes
- Explains direct Request.Form access, string-array values, filtering, TempData, and redirection, while deferring richer processing.
- Examples
- Uses a product-name input, FormController actions, a POST route, a localhost URL, and a Razor results table.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via ASP.NET Core MVC to receive named form values, store simple representations, redirect, and display submitted data.
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Related concepts
- FromFormused by · The FromForm attribute directs ASP.NET Core model binding to obtain a parameter or property value from form data in the HTTP request.
- Getformused by · Getform is a hosted form-backend service that receives submitted form data and can forward it to a recipient.
- HTTP methodused by · An HTTP method is a standardized operation token in an HTTP request that specifies the intended action on a resource.
- route datacontrasts with · Route data is a collection of named information associated with a route and made available for request handling, navigation, rendering, or URL generation.
- request messageproduces · An HTTP request is a message sent by a client to a server that specifies a method and target and may include headers and a body.
- payloadkind of · A payload is the data, code, or other material carried by or attached to a message, token, system, or operation.
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