# Imperative

As an alternative to the declarative way, you can create Dropzones imperatively (even on non `<form>`elements) by instantiating the `Dropzone` class:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Plain JavaScript" %}

```javascript
// The constructor of Dropzone accepts two arguments:
//
// 1. The selector for the HTML element that you want to add
//    Dropzone to, the second
// 2. An (optional) object with the configuration
let myDropzone = new Dropzone("div#myId", { url: "/file/post"});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="jQuery" %}

```javascript
// The dropzone method is added to jQuery elements and can
// be invoked with an (optional) configuration object.
$("div#myId").dropzone({ url: "/file/post" });
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Don’t forget to specify an `url` option if you’re not using a `<form>` element, since Dropzone doesn’t know where to post to without an action attribute. On form elements, Dropzone defaults to the `action` attribute.
{% endhint %}

For a list of all configuration options, refer to the [configuration section](https://docs.dropzone.dev/configuration/basics).