user-data.js

$( document).ready( function() {
		var userSubmitButton = document.getElementById( 'user-submit-button' );

		var adminAjaxRequest = function( formData, action ) {
			$.ajax({
				type: 'POST',
				dataType: 'json',
				url: screenReaderText.adminAjax,
				data: {
					action: action,
					data: formData,
					submission: document.getElementById( 'xyq').value,
					security: screenReaderText.security
				},
				success: function(response) {
					if ( true === response.success ) {
						alert( 'this was a success' );
					} else {
						alert( 'You Suck' );
					}
				}
			});
		};

		userSubmitButton.addEventListener( 'click', function(event) {
			event.preventDefault();
			var formData = {
				'name' : document.getElementById( 'user-name').value,
				'email' : document.getElementById( 'user-email').value,
				'question' : document.getElementById( 'user-entry-content').value,
				'product' : document.getElementById( 'product').value
			};
			adminAjaxRequest( formData, 'process_user_generated_post' );
		} );
	});

Hi there,
I am a newbie into wordpress, php , js/ ajax etc. I try to learn these things by reading, watching tutorials and practicing code. So I found your tutorial and went through it couple of time.
I have checked your video putting this code into live .

simply, I am trying to import some data via an API, and save some info into wordpress database.

So, before I connect to the source, I did some modification to your code. but it gives me error, some help would be appreciated

` // start the java script section
$( document).ready( function() {
var userSubmitButton = document.getElementById( 'user-submit-button' );

    var adminAjaxRequest = function( formData, action ) {
        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            dataType: 'json',
            url: '/wpdevelopment/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
            data: {
                action: action,
                data: formData,
                //submission: document.getElementById( 'xyq').value,
                //security: screenReaderText.security
            },
            success: function(response) {
                if ( true === response.success ) {
                    alert( 'this was a success' );
                } else {
                    alert( 'You Suck' );
                }
            }
        });
    };

    userSubmitButton.addEventListener( 'click', function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        var formData = {
            'name' : 'myname test'//document.getElementById( 'user-name').value,
            //'name' : document.getElementById( 'user-name').value,
            //'email' : document.getElementById( 'user-email').value,
            //'question' : document.getElementById( 'user-entry-content').value,
            //'product' : document.getElementById( 'product').value
        };
        adminAjaxRequest( formData, 'process_user_generated_post' );
    } );
});

`
This is the function

function process_user_generated_post() { /*if ( ! empty( $_POST[ 'submission' ] ) ) { wp_send_json_error( 'Honeypot Check Failed' ); } if ( ! check_ajax_referer( 'user-submitted-question', 'security' ) ) { wp_send_json_error( 'Security Check failed' ); }*/ $question_data = array( 'post_title' => sprintf( '%s-%s-%s', sanitize_text_field( $_POST[ 'data' ][ 'name' ] ), //sanitize_text_field( $_POST[ 'data' ][ 'product' ] ), esc_attr( current_time( 'Y-m-d' ) ) ), 'post_status' => 'draft', //'post_type' => 'user_question', 'post_content' => sanitize_text_field( $_POST[ 'data' ][ 'name' ] ) ); $post_id = wp_insert_post( $question_data, true ); if ( $post_id ) { wp_set_object_terms( $post_id, sanitize_text_field( $_POST[ 'data' ][ 'name' ] ), 'products', true ); //update_post_meta( $post_id, 'contact_email', sanitize_email( $_POST[ 'data' ][ 'email' ] ) ); } wp_send_json_success( $post_id ); } add_action( 'wp_ajax_process_user_generated_post', 'process_user_generated_post' ); add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_process_user_generated_post', 'process_user_generated_post' );