how to send canvas in form html

Question

I have this code below which allows me to take notes on a canvas. What I now want to do is when someone hits a submit button, to essentially upload the notes to my database. So i just need a way to read the canvas on the submit button.

    <html>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <body>
    <canvas id="canvas" width="400" height="400" style="position:absolute;top:10%;left:10%;border:2px solid;"></canvas>
    <input type="button" value="Clear" class="canvas-clear" />
  </body>
</html>
<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
  var flag, dot_flag = false,
    prevX, prevY, currX, currY = 0,
    color = 'black', thickness = 2;
  var $canvas = $('#canvas');
  var ctx = $canvas[0].getContext('2d');

  $canvas.on('mousemove mousedown mouseup mouseout', function(e) {
    prevX = currX;
    prevY = currY;
    currX = e.clientX - $canvas.offset().left;
    currY = e.clientY - $canvas.offset().top;
    if (e.type == 'mousedown') {
      flag = true;
    }
    if (e.type == 'mouseup' || e.type == 'mouseout') {
      flag = false;
    }
    if (e.type == 'mousemove') {
      if (flag) {
        ctx.beginPath();
        ctx.moveTo(prevX, prevY);
        ctx.lineTo(currX, currY);
        ctx.strokeStyle = color;
        ctx.lineWidth = thickness;
        ctx.stroke();
        ctx.closePath();
      }
    }
  });

  $('.canvas-clear').on('click', function(e) {
    c_width = $canvas.width();
    c_height = $canvas.height();
    ctx.clearRect(0, 0, c_width, c_height);
    $('#canvasimg').hide();
  });
});
</script>

I am not sure even where to start or if this is possible, hoping for some help here.

how to send canvas in form html

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