I am making a POST request to a RESTFUL api and the only way I can pass the parameters is if I add them into the URL used in the forms 'action' parameter. As soon as I take those parameters and put them down into the form's body component the request no longer works. My question is how do I use the inputs within the form to define the request parameters instead of the embedding the parameters into the action URL?
I do notice that when I submit the request the request body parameters show up, but the actual request fails saying that the parameters are not there.
Here is the HTML:
<form target="hiddenIframe" method="POST" action="/rest/bpm/wle/v1/process/5853?action=addDocument&name=test123&docType=file&parts=none&accept=application/json&override-content-type=text/plain" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" name="instanceId" value="5823" />
<input type="text" name="name" value="myTestQ1" />
<input type="text" name="docType" value="file" />
<input id="myFileName" type="file" name="data" />
<input type="submit"/>
</form>
<iframe name="hiddenIframe" id="hiddenIframe" style="display: none;" />
As you can see the action in the form tag is very long and is not dynamic... I would like to only have "/rest/bpm/wle/v1/process/" there, but when I do the upload fails.
I'd use some Javascript. Add an onchange to all the mandatory input fields. And the change method you'll be calling can update your action url with the new data from the form field.
Something like:
<input type="text" name="instanceId" value="5823" onchange="updateInstanceID()" id="instanceid" />
action="/rest/bpm/wle/v1/process/5853?action=addDocument&name=test123&docType=file&parts=none&accept=application/json&override-content-type=text/plain"
Now, your Javascript should have that method.
function updateInstanceID() {
var val = document.getElementById("instanceid").value;
var form = document.forms[0]; // assuming only one form on the page.
....
}
Now you can access your form.action field and update it accordingly.
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I'm building an app in which I need to upload an image with angularjs, pass it with other data to a save() method written in laravel, what is the simplest way to do it?
in my html I have a title field and an image uploader:
<form>
<input type="text" required ng-model="selectedAD.title">
<input type="file" name="file" ngf-max-size="2MB" required ng-model="selectedAD.image"/>
<a class="btn-portal" type="submit" ng-click="saveAD()">
</form>
and inside my js file, I pass these data into the save route which goes to the store() function in laravel and moves the image into a folder, like this:
$scope.selectedAD = ad;
$scope.saveAD = function(){
$scope.managementErrors = [];
adsResource.save($scope.selectedAD,function(success){
$('#ads-modal').modal('hide');
showSuccessAlert($scope,$timeout, getSuccessMessages(success),$('#successMessages'));
$scope.getAdsTimeout();
},function(error){
$scope.managementErrors = getErrorMessagesUpdate(error);
});
this way the image is not passed to laravel processing code, it instead passes null to the store function, any helpful guides ?
AngularJS disables (cannot submit) forms that do not have a specific action set:
<form action="">
when you create a controller. It does not have this issue when creating directive or factories.
You can see this in a plunk here:
http://plnkr.co/edit/gWFRMKGO3FzZtOgs4VmW?p=preview
Form is defined as:
<form action="" method="post">
If you delete the starting on line 6, you will be able to submit the form.
A simple solution is to define the action, but I'd rather not do this, as it is not necessary.
UPDATE
Some details can be found here on trying to get this change in Angular:
https://github.com/angular/angular.js/pull/3776
You can use ng-submit to handle that.
<form ng-submit="submitForm()" method="post">
<input name="test" value="11111111" />
<button type="submit" name="submit" value="1">Send</button>
<input type="submit" name="submit2" value="Send2" />
</form>
That way the form will submit normally and you must actually send the data on your submitForm function (just an example name).
Here is a quick plnkr: http://plnkr.co/edit/lwWVG0CDHSGMtMU0B8Nj?p=preview
Notice that you can submit using the buttons and also by pressing enter on the field. I hope that's what you've been asking for.
Thanks
I currently have a form like the following:
<form autocomplete="on" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="POST" action="{{trustSrc(SUBMIT_URL)}}">
<input type="text" name="firstinput" ng-model="first"/>
<input type="text" name="secondinput" ng-model="second"/>
<input type='submit'/>
</form>
And a controller like so:
$scope.first = "first";
$scope.second = "second";
$scope.SUBMIT_URL = DATABASE_URL + "forms/submit/";
$scope.trustSrc = function(src) {
return $sce.trustAsResourceUrl(src);
};
And when I submit this form as is, it works just fine with the backend. However I now need to use ng-submit in place of the standard HTML form submit because I need to run a find and replace in $scope.first. The backend expects the data to be posted exactly in the way the original HTML form does. How do I use $http or $resource to post in the exact same format as the HTML form?
It is not very clear what you are trying to accomplish. But, you should tidy up your code a bit, to make the implementation easier:
Don't use different variables for each input's field. Instead, use an object with different keys.
Use ng-click (or ng-submit) for your submission. Action will go inside your JS logic.
Use the novalidate attribute so that Angular can properly format, and validate your form on its own (and you don't get confusing cross-browser effects).
With those in mind, your new markup would be:
<form autocomplete="on" enctype="multipart/form-data" accept-charset="UTF-8" novalidate>
<input type="text" name="first" ng-model="form.first" />
<input type="text" name="second" ng-model="form.second" />
<button ng-click="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
Your JS directive is then:
app.directive('form', function($http)
{
return function(scope, element, attrs)
{
// Leave this empty if you don't have an initial data set
scope.form = {
first : 'First Thing To Write',
second : 'Second item'
}
// Now submission is called
scope.submit = function()
{
// You have access to the variable scope.form
// This contains ALL of your form and is in the right format
// to be sent to an backend API call; it will be a JSON format
// Use $http or $resource to make your request now:
$http.post('/api/call', scope.form)
.success(function(response)
{
// Submission successful. Post-process the response
})
}
}
});
I have inputs in a web page without the form tag (useless to me).
How can I get their validity status inside the HTML ? This
<input name="myInput" type="text" ng-pattern="/^[0-9]{13}$/">
<input type="button" ng-show="myInput.$valid">
doesn't work.
I'm afraid that won't work without wrapping it in a form as you need to access those fields via the form's controller.
<form name="myForm">
<input name="myInput" type="text" ng-pattern="/^[0-9]{13}$/">
<input type="button" ng-show="myForm.myInput.$valid">
</form>
Should work.
If you're unable to use the form tag for any reason, you'll have to wire that up manually.
I have the following form in my AngularJS app which contain hidden fields with values filled based on user selection on some inputs on the form (radio buttons...etc), when the user click on the Submit link I should route the user to an external URL while passing hidden fields just as any normal form submission. Unfortunately I can't do this as some of the hidden field values are dependent on some calculations inside a function of the view related controller (as shown below in controller code, so I was wondering is there a way I can call the controller function from this form, then the controller function post the whole form and its field? Any example is highly appreciated. Thanks.
Note I am using link instead of a button.
<form name="clientPaymentForm" id="clientPaymentForm" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">>
<div>
<fieldset>
<input id="name" type="text" required placeholder="Client Name" ng-model="client.name">
...
...
<input type="hidden" name="amount" ng-value="order.total">
...
...
<a class="orderButton" href="javascript:{}" onclick="document.getElementById('clientPaymentForm').submit(); return false;">Order Now</a>
</fieldset>
</div>
</form>
Controller:
$scope.processOrder = function(){
//Order calculation happens here to update order.total value and can only happen after click click Order Now to place the order...
};
I guess this is a bit late, but what you want to use is the ng-click directive which will allow you to call functions defined directly on the scope.
Assuming that you've defined $scope.processOrder, change your a tag to the following:
<a class="orderButton" ng-click="processOrder()">Order Now</a>
And everything should work as hoped.
Alternatively, you could use ng-submit on the form to have it work when you press the "Enter" or "Return" key, as in:
<form name="clientPaymentForm" id="clientPaymentForm" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top" ng-click="processOrder()">.