tjmehta/TheElevatorHack.js

## TheElevatorHack.js
(function clickIt() {
  var $form = $("form"); //the only form on the page is the elevator button of interest.
  var postURL = $form.attr("action"); //post url of the form
  var postData = {};
  var inputs = $("input", $form);
  for (var i = inputs.length; i--;) {
    // serialize the form elements into an object
    postData[inputs.eq(i).attr("name")] = inputs.eq(i).val();
  }
  //clicking the elevator button of interest was submitting a form contained w/in it
  //ive 'ajaxified' the form submit below
  $.ajax({
    url: postURL,
    type: 'POST',
    data: postData,
    success: function(responseHtml) {
      // I tried parsing out the body via jquery but it was having some issues
      // so ive parsed out the body manually.
      var bodyStartIndex = responseHtml.indexOf("<body>");
      var bodyEndIndex = responseHtml.indexOf("</body>")+7;
      var bodyLength = bodyEndIndex - bodyStartIndex;
      var bodyHtml = responseHtml.substr(bodyStartIndex, bodyLength);
      $("body").html(bodyHtml); //replace the body with the response body
      setTimeout(clickIt,0);// recursion via callback added stability....
    }
  });
})();
	(function clickIt() {
	var $form = $("form"); //the only form on the page is the elevator button of interest.
	var postURL = $form.attr("action"); //post url of the form
	var postData = {};
	var inputs = $("input", $form);
	for (var i = inputs.length; i--;) {
	// serialize the form elements into an object
	postData[inputs.eq(i).attr("name")] = inputs.eq(i).val();
	}
	//clicking the elevator button of interest was submitting a form contained w/in it
	//ive 'ajaxified' the form submit below
	$.ajax({
	url: postURL,
	type: 'POST',
	data: postData,
	success: function(responseHtml) {
	// I tried parsing out the body via jquery but it was having some issues
	// so ive parsed out the body manually.
	var bodyStartIndex = responseHtml.indexOf("<body>");
	var bodyEndIndex = responseHtml.indexOf("</body>")+7;
	var bodyLength = bodyEndIndex - bodyStartIndex;
	var bodyHtml = responseHtml.substr(bodyStartIndex, bodyLength);
	$("body").html(bodyHtml); //replace the body with the response body
	setTimeout(clickIt,0);// recursion via callback added stability....
	}
	});
	})();