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A lightweight example to get Laravel 5 users up to speed with jQuery AJAX
/**
* Laravel / jQuery AJAX code example
* See conversation here: http://laravel.io/forum/04-29-2015-people-asking-about-jquery-ajax
*
* Drop this code into your App/Http/routes.php file, and go to /ajax/view in your browser
* Be sure to bring up the JavaScript console by pressing F12.
*/
// This is your View AJAX route - load this in your browser
Route::get('/ajax/view', function () {
// really all this should be set up as a view, but I'm showing it here as
// inline html just to be easy to drop into your routes file and test
?>
<!-- jquery library -->
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.2.min.js"></script>
<!-- pass through the CSRF (cross-site request forgery) token -->
<meta name="csrf-token" content="<?php echo csrf_token() ?>" />
<!-- some test buttons -->
<button id="get">Get data</button>
<button id="post">Post data</button>
<!-- your custom code -->
<script>
// set up jQuery with the CSRF token, or else post routes will fail
$.ajaxSetup({ headers: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') } });
// handlers
function onGetClick(event)
{
// we're not passing any data with the get route, though you can if you want
$.get('/ajax/get', onSuccess);
}
function onPostClick(event)
{
// we're passing data with the post route, as this is more normal
$.post('/ajax/post', {payload:'hello'}, onSuccess);
}
function onSuccess(data, status, xhr)
{
// with our success handler, we're just logging the data...
console.log(data, status, xhr);
// but you can do something with it if you like - the JSON is deserialised into an object
console.log(String(data.value).toUpperCase())
}
// listeners
$('button#get').on('click', onGetClick);
$('button#post').on('click', onPostClick);
</script>
<?php
});
// this is your GET AJAX route
Route::get('/ajax/get', function () {
// pass back some data
$data = array('value' => 'some data');
// return a JSON response
return Response::json($data);
});
// this is your POST AJAX route
Route::post('/ajax/post', function () {
// pass back some data, along with the original data, just to prove it was received
$data = array('value' => 'some data', 'input' => Request::input());
// return a JSON response
return Response::json($data);
});
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jdmays commented Jan 14, 2016

This code really helped me to figure this out. Thanks for your help!

@fouedmoussi
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how can i get the value of payload
because when i try $request->get('payload') i get null

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