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---
id: bad87fee1348bd9aede08830
title: Create a Form Element
challengeType: 0
forumTopicId: 16817
dashedName: create-a-form-element
---
# --description--
You can build web forms that actually submit data to a server using nothing more than pure HTML. You can do this by specifying an `action` attribute on your `form` element.
For example:
```html
<form action="url-where-you-want-to-submit-form-data">
<input>
</form>
```
# --instructions--
Nest the existing `input` element inside a `form` element and assign `"https://www.freecatphotoapp.com/submit-cat-photo"` to the `action` attribute of the `form` element.
# --hints--
The existing `input` element should be nested within a `form` element.
```js
const inputElem = document.querySelector('form input');
assert(
inputElem.getAttribute('type') === 'text' &&
inputElem.getAttribute('placeholder') === 'cat photo URL'
);
```
Your `form` should have an `action` attribute which is set to `https://www.freecatphotoapp.com/submit-cat-photo`.
```js
const action = $('form').attr('action');
assert(action.match(/^https:\/\/(www\.)?freecatphotoapp\.com\/submit-cat-photo$/i))
```
Your `form` element should have well-formed open and close tags.
```js
assert(
code.match(/<\/form>/g) &&
code.match(/<form [^<]*>/g) &&
code.match(/<\/form>/g).length === code.match(/<form [^<]*>/g).length
);
```
# --seed--
## --seed-contents--
```html
<h2>CatPhotoApp</h2>
<main>
<p>Click here to view more <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>
<a href="#"><img src="https://cdn.freecodecamp.org/curriculum/cat-photo-app/relaxing-cat.jpg" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>
<p>Things cats love:</p>
<ul>
<li>cat nip</li>
<li>laser pointers</li>
<li>lasagna</li>
</ul>
<p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>
<ol>
<li>flea treatment</li>
<li>thunder</li>
<li>other cats</li>
</ol>
<input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL">
</main>
```
# --solutions--
```html
<h2>CatPhotoApp</h2>
<main>
<p>Click here to view more <a href="#">cat photos</a>.</p>
<a href="#"><img src="https://cdn.freecodecamp.org/curriculum/cat-photo-app/relaxing-cat.jpg" alt="A cute orange cat lying on its back."></a>
<p>Things cats love:</p>
<ul>
<li>cat nip</li>
<li>laser pointers</li>
<li>lasagna</li>
</ul>
<p>Top 3 things cats hate:</p>
<ol>
<li>flea treatment</li>
<li>thunder</li>
<li>other cats</li>
</ol>
<form action="https://www.freecatphotoapp.com/submit-cat-photo">
<input type="text" placeholder="cat photo URL">
</form>
</main>
```