htmx/www/content/attributes/hx-patch.md

+++ title = "hx-patch" description = """
The hx-patch attribute in htmx will cause an element to issue a PATCH request to the specified URL and swap the
returned HTML into the DOM using a swap strategy.""" +++

The hx-patch attribute will cause an element to issue a PATCH to the specified URL and swap the HTML into the DOM using a swap strategy:

<button hx-patch="/account" hx-target="body">
  Patch Your Account
</button>

This example will cause the button to issue a PATCH to /account and swap the returned HTML into the innerHTML of the body.

Notes

• You can control the target of the swap using the hx-target attribute
• You can control the swap strategy by using the hx-swap attribute
• You can control what event triggers the request with the hx-trigger attribute
• You can control the data submitted with the request in various ways, documented here: Parameters
• By default, hx-patch will include the inputs of an enclosing form in the request body