ReferenceError: formData is not defined - ajax

I am writing a unit testing code for the Ajax and Laravel project. I am trying to test one function.
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#postAdd').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var form = $('#addPost');
formData.append('file', $('input[type=file]')[0].files[0]);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "{{ route('posts.store') }}",
data: formData,
success: function (response) {
console.log(response)
},
error: function (error) {
console.log(error)
}
})
})
})
</script>
In the browser, this works ok. but when testing I get below error in console
ReferenceError: formData is not defined

formData is not defined.
Nowhere in your script above are you defining the variable formData.
You create a variable called form, but you are not doing this for formData.
Perhaps you meant to declare a variable called formData rather than form, or other way around.

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Vue JS Ajax Calls

I am trying to make the change from jQuery to Vue.js and am having some difficulty running an Ajax Call using vueresource. Below is a sample script I am using, with both jQuery and Vuejs. Both trying to access the same ajax call. The jQuery call works, the vuejs call doesn't. The sendAjax method is being called because the first 2 alerts show - then nothing.
Edit - this is only causing an error while running the Ajax call through Wordpress. Outside of WP, it does work. Any ideas??
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Vue Resource</title>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jquery#3.2.1/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/vue/latest/vue.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue-resource#1.5.1"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="jQueryAjax">Jquery AJAX</button>
<div id="myvue">
<button #click.prevent="sendAjax()">AJAX</button>
</div>
<script>
let AjaxUrl = "http://localhost:8888/mySite/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php";
const postData = { action: 'my_ajaxcall', function: 'AjaxTest' };
Vue.use(VueResource);
const ajax_app = new Vue({
el: '#myvue',
methods: {
sendAjax() {
alert("VueAjax");
alert(JSON.stringify(postData));
this.$http.post(AjaxUrl, postData).then(res => {
alert(JSON.stringify(res));
});
}
}
});
$("#jQueryAjax").click(function() {
alert("jQueryAjax");
alert(JSON.stringify(postData));
alert(AjaxUrl);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: AjaxUrl,
data: postData,
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data) {
alert(JSON.stringify(data));
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
alert("Error");
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
You AJAX call probably encounters an error and you handle only the successful calls. Please extend your sendAjax function like this:
this.$http.post(AjaxUrl, postData).then(res => {
alert(JSON.stringify(res));
}, err => {
alert(err);
});
Now an error should be alerted.
BTW: It is better to use console.log() instead of alert(), it is much more readable and you won't have to confirm every alert.
After #mbuechmann pointing me to be able to see the actual error, I was able to determine that the issue I was having was actually to do with Wordpress. In order to use the Wordpress Ajax handler, you need to send an action to the REQUEST header. To do this, you need to send FormData, and without sending headers.
This code was found in this question : Custom Shortcode AJAX 400 Bad Request and enabled me to get my Fetch working with Wordpress.
var data = new FormData();
data.append( 'action', 'aj_ajax_demo' ); data.append( 'nonce', aj_ajax_demo.aj_demo_nonce );
fetch(aj_ajax_demo.ajax_url, {
method: 'POST',
body: data, }).then(response => {
if (response.ok) {
response.json().then(response => {
console.log(response);
});
} });

done not executed ajax

Im having this piece of code. Where I use this Action to get trigger an export that downloads an excel file. Which works perfectly when I type the link and argument in my browser, the file gets downloaded.
But I want to call this from an ajaxified context and this is where it all gets wrong.
<script type="text/javascript">
function exportPerson(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var dataItem = this.dataItem($(e.currentTarget).closest("tr"));
var action = '#Url.Action("ExportContactAlarmList", "Contact")';
$.ajax({
url: action + '/' + dataItem.Id,
type: "POST",
done: function(response) {
var dataURI = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" +
kendo.util.encodeBase64(response);
kendo.saveAs({
dataURI: dataURI,
fileName: "PersonExport.xlsx",
proxyURL: "#Url.Action("Save", "Home")"
});
}
});
}
</script>
I'm kind of stuck because the done method never gets executed. And I don't know why.
These are my responses from my headers I get back.
Everything looks good, no errors in the console.
Normally I use $.ajax with these functions:
success = A function to be called if the request succeeds
error = A function to be called if the request fails
complete = A function to be called when the request finishes (after success and error callbacks are executed). I also use it to stop the loading bar.
beforeSend = A pre-request callback function. Even used to start loading bar.
So I would suggest you to use this:
success: function(response) {...
ref: http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/
I am not sure, but there are some restrictions to download files using XMLHttpRequest. Maybe if you define the header before... See accepts settings form $.ajax and dataType.
Good luck!
try this
$.ajax({
url: action + '/' + dataItem.Id,
type: "POST",
success: function(response) {
var dataURI = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" +
kendo.util.encodeBase64(response);
kendo.saveAs({
dataURI: dataURI,
fileName: "PersonExport.xlsx",
proxyURL: "#Url.Action("Save", "Home")"
});
}
});
or
$.ajax({
url: action + '/' + dataItem.Id,
type: "POST"
}).done(function(response) {
var dataURI = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet" +
kendo.util.encodeBase64(response);
kendo.saveAs({
dataURI: dataURI,
fileName: "PersonExport.xlsx",
proxyURL: "#Url.Action("Save", "Home")"
});
});

Ajax request type POST returning GET

I'm currently trying to make an ajax POST request to send a testimonial simple form to a Django view. The problem is this request is returning a GET instead of a POST.
This is my ajax:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("form.testimonial-form").submit(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var dataString = $(this).serialize();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/testimonials",
data: dataString,
success: function(_data) {
if (_data[0]){
$('.modal-text').css({display: "none"});
}
else{
$('.unsuccess').css({display: "block"});
}
}
});
});
});
</script>
Any idea what could I be doing wrong?
replace type by method
method: 'post',
also you may need send headers:
headers: {
'X-CSRFToken': getCSRFToken()
},
where getCSRFToken is:
function getCSRFToken() {
return $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]').val();
}
I am not really sure why this is happening, but i would write the function in a bit different way. since ajax();'s default type is "GET", i suspect somewhere it is being set to default.
first set the type="button" of submit button (whose id is e.g. "submit_button_id"), so it doesnot submits if you click on it. or put the button outside of <form>
then try this code
<script>
$(function(){ // same as "$(document).ready(function()"..
$("#submit_button_id").on('click',function(){
var dataString = $('form.testimonial-form').serialize();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "/testimonials",
data: dataString,
success: function(_data) {
if (_data[0]){
$('.modal-text').css({display: "none"});
}
else{
$('.unsuccess').css({display: "block"});
}
}
});
});
});
</script>

when ajax post success i want to refresh a particular <div> in page

i want to refresh a particular div on ajax success, im using the below code but the whole page getting refreshed.
<script type="text/javascript">
$('#post_submit').click(function() {
var form_data = {
csrfsecurity: $("input[name=csrfsecurity]").val(),
post_text: $('#post_text').val()
};
$.ajax({
url: "<?php echo site_url('/post_status'); ?>",
type: 'POST',
data: form_data,
success: function(response){
$(".home_user_feeds").html("markUpCreatedUsingResponseFromServer");
}
return false;
});
return false;
});
</script>
you have an extra return false which is inside the $.ajax block which most probably causes an error so your form isn't submitted via ajax. If you remove that, you shouldn't have any issues.
Use the submit event of the form and remove the return false from the ajax callback:
$('#myFormId').on('submit', function() {
var form_data = {
csrfsecurity: $("input[name=csrfsecurity]").val(),
post_text: $('#post_text').val()
};
$.ajax({
url: "<?php echo site_url('/post_status'); ?>",
type: 'POST',
data: form_data,
success: function(response){
$(".home_user_feeds").html("markUpCreatedUsingResponseFromServer");
}
});
return false;
});
Remove the return false from inside your $.ajax function. Its a syntax error. The $.ajax function only expects a json object as an argument. "return false" cannot be part of a json object. You should keep the JavaScript console open during testing at all times - Press Ctrl-Shift-J in Chrome and select console to see any JS errors.
Also suggest you use <input type=button> instead of <input type=submit> or <button></button>

Is it possible to make multiple calls using Jsonp with deferred objects?

I'm trying to make two or more requests all at once if that's even possible? I'm concerned about speed since after the first request is made I want to display that info onto a web page and then do the same for each additional url.
I've been reading about deferred objects and trying some examples, and so far I've tried to do this,
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.4.min.js"></script>
<script >
$(document).ready(function($) {
// - 1st link in chain - var url = 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/
catalog/items?parentId=504108e5e4b07a90c5ec62d4&max=60&offset=0&format=jsonp';
// - 2nd link in chain - var url = 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/
catalog/itemLink/504216b6e4b04b508bfd333b?format=jsonp&max=10';
// - 3rd (and last) link in chain - var url = 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/
catalog/item/4f4e4b19e4b07f02db6a7f04?format=jsonp';
// parentId url
function parentId() {
//var url = 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/items?parentId=
504108e5e4b07a90c5ec62d4&max=3&offset=0&format=jsonp';
return $.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/items?parentId=
504108e5e4b07a90c5ec62d4&max=3&offset=0&format=jsonp',
jsonpCallback: 'getSBJSON',
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(json) {},
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
});
}
// itemLink url
function itemLink() {
//var url = 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/itemLink
/504216b6e4b04b508bfd333b?format=jsonp&max=10';
return $.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/itemLink
/504216b6e4b04b508bfd333b?format=jsonp&max=10',
jsonpCallback: 'getSBJSON',
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(json) {},
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
});
}
// Multiple Ajax Requests
$.when( parentId(), itemLink()).done(function(parentId_data, itemLink_data) {
console.log("parentId_data.items[0].title");
});
});
But it doesn't seem like the functions are functioning. I was expecting to be able to put some stuff after the .when() method inside the function to tell my program what to do, but I'm not getting anything displayed??
Thanks for the help!
Part of the problem is that in the done handler for $.when, the arguments that are passed to the callback are the array of arguments for each request, not simply the data that you want to use. You can get around this by using .pipe as in the example below.
Also, don't specify jsonpCallback unless you have a very good reason, most of the time you want to let jQuery manage that internally for you.
Here's a working example tested on JSFiddle
jQuery(function($) {
function parentId() {
return $.ajax({
url: 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/items?parentId=504108e5e4b07a90c5ec62d4&max=3&offset=0&format=jsonp',
dataType: 'jsonp',
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
// We'll use pipe here so that rather than the value being passed to our $.when handler
// is simply our data rather than an array in the form of [ data, statusText, jqXHR ]
}).pipe(function( data, statusText, jqXHR ) {
return data;
});
}
function itemLink() {
return $.ajax({
url: 'https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/itemLink/504216b6e4b04b508bfd333b?format=jsonp&max=10',
dataType: 'jsonp',
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
}).pipe(function(data) {
return data;
});
}
// Multiple Ajax Requests
$.when( parentId(), itemLink()).done(function(parentId_data, itemLink_data) {
console.log( parentId_data, itemLink_data );
});
});

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