JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form id="searchForm" action="search" method="post">
    <input type="search" id="searchText" name="query" />
    <input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

JavaScript

function search(input) {
    $('<p>').text('searching for '+input.value).appendTo('body');
}

$("#searchForm").submit(function() {
    search($("#searchText").get(0));
    return false;
});