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Hitting DocRaptor using jQuery, v2
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// this function is based on code found: | |
// http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_plugin_for_requesting_ajax_like_file_downloads/ | |
// to easily make a form and POST it | |
var download = function(url, data, method){ | |
//url and data options required | |
if( url && data ){ | |
jQuery('<form style="display: none" id="dr_submission" action="' + url | |
+ '" method="' + (method||'post') + '">' | |
+ '</form>').appendTo('body'); | |
//credentials | |
jQuery('form#dr_submission').append('<textarea name="user_credentials"></textarea>'); | |
jQuery('form#dr_submission textarea[name=user_credentials]').val(data.user_credentials); | |
//doc values | |
for(var key in data.doc) { | |
jQuery('form#dr_submission').append('<textarea name="doc['+key+']"></textarea>'); | |
jQuery('form#dr_submission textarea[name="doc['+key+']"]').val(data.doc[key]); | |
} | |
//submit the form | |
if(confirm("press ok")) {jQuery('form#dr_submission').submit().remove(); } | |
}; | |
}; | |
// setup the string represeting the html we want to submit | |
var content = '<table name="foo"><tr><td>word up</td></tr></table><textarea>Foo ™ Bar</textarea><p>What happens to +\'s?</p>'; | |
var data = { | |
doc: { | |
test: true, | |
document_type: 'pdf', | |
name: 'adoc', | |
document_content: content, | |
strict: 'none' | |
}, | |
user_credentials: "YOUR_API_KEY" | |
}; | |
// this drops a form on the page and submits, which will result in a download dialog popping up | |
download("http://docraptor.com/docs.xls", data); |
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// this function is based on code found: | |
// http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_plugin_for_requesting_ajax_like_file_downloads/ | |
// to easily make a form and POST it | |
var download = function(url, data, method){ | |
//url and data options required | |
if(url && data){ | |
//data can be string of parameters or array/object | |
data = jQuery.param(data); | |
// make the entire request against a url instead of as form params | |
url += '?' + data | |
//send request | |
jQuery('<form style="display: none" action="' + url | |
+ '" method="' + (method||'post') + '">' | |
+ '</form>').appendTo('body').submit().remove(); | |
} | |
}; | |
// setup the string represeting the html we want to submit | |
var content = '<table name="foo"><tr><td>word up</td></tr></table><textarea>Foo ™ Bar</textarea>'; | |
var data = { | |
doc: { | |
test: true, | |
document_type: 'pdf', | |
name: 'adoc', | |
document_content: content, | |
strict: 'none' | |
}, | |
user_credentials: 'YOUR_API_KEY' | |
}; | |
// this drops a form on the page and submits, which will result in a download dialog popping up | |
download("http://docraptor.com/docs", data); |
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