Does html forms automatically make a post request? - html

Question

So I was following a Udemy course on Node.js and one thing that stood out is that forms have a built in method to make backend requests. For instance.
<form class="product-form" action="/admin/add-product" method="POST">
<div class="form-control">
<label for="title">Title</label>
<input type="text" name="title" id="title" value="<% if(editing) { %><%= product.title %><% } %>">
</div>
<div class="form-control">
<label for="imageUrl">Image URL</label>
<input type="text" name="imageUrl" id="imageUrl" value="<% if(editing) { %><%= product.imageUrl %> <% } %>">
</div>
<div class="form-control">
<label for="price">Price</label>
<input type="number" name="price" id="price" step="0.01" value="<% if(editing) {%><%=product.price%><% }%>">
</div>
<div class="form-control">
<label for="description">Description</label>
<textarea name="description" id="description" rows="5"><% if(editing) {%><%=product.description%><% }%></textarea>
</div>
<% if(editing) { %>
<input type="hidden" value="<%= product._id %>" name="productId">
<% } %>
<button class="btn" type="submit"></button>
</form>
Doing this will automatically grab all the inputs and use the action to make the url while the method specifies, well the HTTP methods for RESTFUL API. Conventionally we would usually have to specify when to do HTTP requests with the backend more manually compared to this automation.
What I'm curious about is if its possible to replicate this built in under the hood logic with form elements and their contents to other HTML elements without having to construct additional logic on your page that you would do in say React.