WEBVTT 0 00:00.300 --> 00:06.960 We are cruising through this, but let's soldier on. The next attribute I want us to talk about is the... 1 00:06.960 --> 00:14.760 accept attribute. The accept attribute is a space and/or comma separated list of content types or what's 2 00:14.760 --> 00:19.710 known as internet media types that a server is supposed to handle correctly. 3 00:19.960 --> 00:26.700 It looks like this. Say you only wanted the user to upload an image or JPEG file. And to reiterate, it... 4 00:26.700 --> 00:30.180 tells the server what type of files it can 5 00:30.180 --> 00:36.680 accept. This can be useful when uploading files, for example, to filter on the client side the types 6 00:36.690 --> 00:39.510 that the server shouldn't be able to handle. 7 00:39.870 --> 00:45.720 And this accept attribute is only really applicable with forms. It doesn't really apply to other HTML 8 00:45.720 --> 00:49.830 elements. But ... ding ding ding ... redundancy alert. 9 00:50.580 --> 00:57.560 This attribute has been removed, or what's known as "deprecated" since HTML5 came out. 10 00:57.870 --> 00:59.040 But don't panic. 11 00:59.040 --> 01:01.170 We're not just learning about it for the sake of it. 12 01:01.560 --> 01:08.520 Although HTML5 has removed it, it is still in favor of you using the attribute on other form controls, 13 01:08.700 --> 01:14.640 specifically on the input type file control. So we can still use it there. 14 01:15.150 --> 01:21.450 Importantly, though, the accept attribute does not validate the type of selected file. 15 01:21.630 --> 01:28.240 It simply provides hints for browsers to guide users towards selecting that correct file type. 16 01:28.680 --> 01:34.050 What this means is that it's still possible for users to toggle an option in the file chooser... 17 01:34.290 --> 01:40.170 that makes it possible to override this and select any file they wish and even upload an incorrect file... 18 01:40.170 --> 01:40.530 type. 19 01:40.860 --> 01:46.220 But we're going to get more to that later when we discuss this input type in a bit more detail. For now... 20 01:46.320 --> 01:52.250 just realized that on the form element itself, this accept attribute has been removed. 21 01:52.260 --> 01:54.840 You shouldn't use it directly on the form element. 22 01:55.330 --> 01:56.070 Let's move on.