Link that submits form.

linkSendForm.tsx

import * as R from 'ramda'
import * as React from 'react'
import { ReactElement } from 'react'
import { connect } from 'react-redux'
import { State } from 'src/selectors'
import * as urlJoin from 'url-join'
import * as selectors from '../../../selectors'
const API_URL =
  process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL ||
  `https://api.example.com/.netlify/functions`

const IDENTIFICATION_URL: string = urlJoin(API_URL, 'identification')

interface IdNowLinkProps {
  address: string
}

const IDNowLink: (props: IdNowLinkProps) => ReactElement<IdNowLinkProps> = ({
  address,
}) => {
  let form: any
  return (
    <form action={IDENTIFICATION_URL} ref={(el) => (form = el)} method="POST">
      <input type="text" name="address" hidden value={address} />
      <a
        href="javascript:void(0);"
        onClick={() => form && form.submit()}
        target="_blank"
      >
        Verify now!
      </a>
    </form>
  )
}

const mapStateToProps: (state: State) => IdNowLinkProps = R.applySpec({
  address: selectors.getAddress,
})

export default connect(mapStateToProps)(IDNowLink)