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jQuery: simulate form post from page
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function post(path, params, method) { | |
method = method || "post"; // Set method to post by default if not specified. | |
// The rest of this code assumes you are not using a library. | |
// It can be made less wordy if you use one. | |
var form = document.createElement("form"); | |
form.setAttribute("method", method); | |
form.setAttribute("action", path); | |
for(var key in params) { | |
if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) { | |
var hiddenField = document.createElement("input"); | |
hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden"); | |
hiddenField.setAttribute("name", key); | |
hiddenField.setAttribute("value", params[key]); | |
form.appendChild(hiddenField); | |
} | |
} | |
document.body.appendChild(form); | |
form.submit(); | |
} | |
// example: | |
post('/contact/', {name: 'Johnny Bravo'}); |
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