I am working on a simple plugin that shows an HTML form where the user can input a keyword which is used to query an external API. I currently have the form and the related jQuery set up, but when passed to the plugin's PHP file, I get a response of simply 0. At this point I'm only just trying to get any response but 0 (see the echo "Whyyyy" part). I've been scouring the internet and feel like I have tried everything that's been suggested, leading me to think I'm making a mistake somewhere.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.