call ajax with mootools - joomla

Hi everyone I call ajax with mootols and obtain this error, I looking for internet but dont find anything
this is my code to call ajax
$$('.item-129 a').addEvent('click', function(event){
event.stop();
var req= new Request({
method: 'get',
url: '<?php echo JURI::root()?>index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6',
data: {'do': '1'},
onComplete: function(responseText){$('textos').set('html', responseText);}
}).send();
});
and this the error
TypeError: $("textos").set is not a function
anonymous()mootoo...ssed.js (lĂ­nea 959)
return self.apply(bind, args || arguments);
any idea!!!

it means that either:
the element is not found
you don't use mootools 1.2+, hence no set method, unlikely given you use Request and not ajax
jQuery has the $ or something else, which does not have the .set method
try first of all:
onComplete: function(){
console.log($("textos"));
}
if this responds, see what it returns. if you use jquery, it will return the wrapped jquery function. if it's mootools, it will be an element.
if you have jquery, mootools will silently drop to document.id instead.
so. write as document.id('textos').set('html', responseText)
if with document.id('textos') you don't get an element either, it's not found.

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.eq() comes back as 'not a function'

I am trying to get information from an ajax object. I have the following jquery function inside a .then() method, but I am getting an error that reads "data.items.eq is not a function." I have tried a combination of .eq() and .children(), but they don't seem to work.
$.ajax({
url: "https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=" + userInput,
type: "GET",
}).then(
(data) => {
console.log(data);
$('#book-info').html(data.items.eq(0).volumeInfo.title);
}
![This is the ajax object that I am trying to get the title from.] (https://i.imgur.com/YmK6nZS.png)
Simply use data.items[0].volumeInfo.title instead. .eq() is a method of the jQuery object and will not exist for the JavaScript array data.items.

.done attachment not working with ajax update to file, works with read from file

Attaching .done .fail and .always to ajax calls is now doable for me - it is "easy" when the script is at the bottom of the html page.
Now I want to create generalized ajax functions that I can use just by including a js file in the header. I've been successful with ajax functions that read data from server (.done always works). I'm having problems when I just write or update data to the server (no return of data). Here are the specifics-
Standard ajax add/update call that always works - in script tags at bottom of page.
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'supdateajaxfunctiontestbackend.php',
data: {localid: localid,
firstname: firstname,
lastname: lastname}
}).done(function(){ alert('Done with Add/Update!'); });
If I create a function at the bottom of the page, or add the function to a js file, this add/update always works.
function generalWriteAjax(filetocall, datatosend) {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: filetocall,
data: datatosend
}).done(function(){ alert('Done with Add/Update!'); });
}
I would like to detach the .done from the function, and call the .done when attached to a separate function/object. The following code works fine WHEN THERE IS DATA RETURNED FROM THE SERVER. (a separate generalReadAjax function that asks for server data). The done is attached to an object that is returned from the server (This concept I found here on Stackoverflow).
backenddata = generalReadAjax('readtesttablebackend.php');
displayData(backenddata);
backenddata.done(function(){ alert("Done with read!"); });
});
I have tried all of the following with the WRITE/UPDATE only function, and none of them work.
generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update).done(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update).when(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update).then(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update);
createdonealert = generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update);
createdonealert.done(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
createdonealert.when(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
createdonealert.then(function(){ alert('Done function'); });
So obviously, there is a difference in the way the promise is handled between a "go get me data" and "here is data, please store it".
I even put an echo "Done"; at the bottom of the update php file just to return something, and still no luck.
I've searched this site and google with combinations of:
ajax .done attach add update not working promise
and have found nothing that deals with my specific example.
Can someone give me some guidance?
I thank you in advance.
Well, no one has responded, and I've learned a bit by hacking on this for the last day. Here are some things I THINK I've learned:
If you create a general callable function using ajax, it does not act the same as an "inline" ajax - you do not get the same callback actions as you do when the ajax code is at the bottom of an HTML page between script tags.
If you return something from the server, the ajax function acts similarly to when it is between script tags.
If you DO NOT return data from the server, the ajax function does NOT act the same as when it is inline.
So what I've done is on all php files that are "write/update" only (no data returned), I add a little code to the bottom of each php file that returns a small amount of json "junk". With this "junk" the ajax function acts like a regular ajax call between script tags at the bottom of the page.
It's a kludge, but it works. Here is the code at the bottom of a read/update php file that normally would NOT return anything. It now returns a json array regarding "John":
$json = array('firstname' => 'John');
echo json_encode($json);
Here is the function in the attached js file:
function generalWriteAjax( filetocall, datatosend ) {
return $.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: filetocall,
data: datatosend,
dataType: 'json'
});
}
Here is the code on the page that calls the .js function:
$("#clicktoupdate").click(function(e) {
var localid = $('#idnumber').val();
var firstname = $('#updatefirstname').val();
var lastname = $('#updatelastname').val();
var filetocall4update = 'supdateajaxfunctiontestbackend.php';
var datatosend4update = {localid: localid, firstname: firstname, lastname: lastname};
generalWriteAjax(filetocall4update, datatosend4update).done(function(){ alert('Done inline'); });
});//end of update click
I wish I understood the details, but this is an empiric solution that works.
Comments from the experts would be nice.
Thanks for looking!

Sticking the content of .load into a variable

Is it possible to use jQuery's .load and stick the loaded content into a variable so I can use the variable and append it to something else later on?
You can, but this is unnecessary. Use the $.get method to directly access the response instead.
$.get("foo.php",function(response){
console.log(response);
});
If you want to do both, (i.e. load the response into a div and use the returned data), you can use the callback on the $.load method similarly.
According docs:
.load( url [, data] [, complete(responseText, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest)] )
So you can create function to save your response:
$('#result').load('ajax/test.html', function(responseText, textStatus, request) {
alert(responseText);
});
Other approach is to use $.get or $.post methods:
$.get('ajax/test.html', function(data) {
$('.result').html(data);
alert(data);
});
$.post('ajax/test.html', function(data) {
$('.result').html(data);
alert(data);
});
$(selector).load(url);
Is just a shorthand for:
$.get(url, data, function(response) {
$(selecton).replaceWith(response);
});
You can try something like this in AJAX
$.post(yourfile,function(response) {
//div hidden with the html of your page
$("#hiddendiv").html(response);
});
OR with get
$.get(yourfile,function(response) {
//div hidden with the html of your page
$("#hiddendiv").html(response);
});
In that case use GET, POST or AJAX method of jquery.
.load method of jquery internally uses asynchronous http request only and so all above mentioned methods.

AJAX avoid repeated code

I'm using Symfony2.1 with Doctrine2.1
I'd like to use AJAX for many features on my site , editing a title , rate an article , create an entity on the fly , etc.
My question is simple :
Do I need to create a JQuery function for each functionnality , like this :
$('#specific-functionality').bind('click', function(e){
var element = $(this);
e.preventDefault();
// the call
$.ajax({
url: element.attr('href'),
cache: false,
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data){
// some custom stuff : remove a loader , show some value, change some css
}
});
});
It sounds very heavy to me, so I was wondering if there's any framework on JS side, or a specific method I can use to avoid this. I was thinking about regrouping items by type of response (html_content , boolean, integer) but maybe something already exists to handle it nicely !
From what I understand, you are asking for lighter version of JQuery ajax method. There are direct get/post methods instead of using ajax.
$.get(element.attr('href'), {'id': '123'},
function(data) {
alert(data);
}
);
To configure error function
$.get(element.attr('href'), {'id': '123'}, function(data) {alert(data);})
.error(function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
var msg = jQuery.parseJSON(XMLHttpRequest.responseText);
alert(msg.Message);
});
Also, you can pass callback function to do any synchronous operations like
function LoadData(cb)
{
$.get(element.attr('href'), { 'test': test }, cb);
}
And call
LoadData(function(data) {
alert(data);
otherstatements;
});
For progress bar, you use JQuery ajaxStart and ajaxStop functions instead of manually hiding and showing it. Note, it gets fired for every JQuery AJAX operation on the page.
$('#progress')
.ajaxStart(function () {
//disable the submit button
$(this).show();
})
.ajaxStop(function () {
//enable the button
$(this).hide();
});
Instead of $('#specific-functionality').bind('click', function(e){, try this:
$(".ajax").click(function(){
var url = $(this).attr("href") ;
var target = $(this).attr("data-target") ;
if (target=="undefined"){
alert("You forgot the target");
return false ;
}
$.ajax(....
And in html
<a class="ajax" href="..." data-target="#some_id">click here </a>
I think it is the simplest solution. If you want some link to work via ajax, just give it class "ajax" and put data-target to where it should output results. All custom stuff could be placed in these data-something properties.

How can I manipulate an Ajax response before it's injected into the DOM?

Here is what I have so far:
$(function () {
dataValModify('body');
$('body').bind('ajaxSuccess', function (e, xhr, settings) {
dataValModify(xhr.responseText);
});
});
function dataValModify(elem) {
// Code to modify elements within the response.
}
How can I take the Ajax response and modify it before it is injected into the DOM? Previously, I was binding ajaxComplete and modifying the DOM directly after injection, but I would like to modify the response instead. I don't think it makes a lot of sense to find elements in the Ajax response and use them to modify the DOM. I send the xhr.responseText into my function so that I don't reapply the modifications to the rest of the body, which will have already been modified by the time of an Ajax call. Also, is there something better than xhr.responseText to use for this? I couldn't get xhr.responseHTML to work.
EDIT: Right now I'm just using a simple test Ajax call to return an MVC partial view:
$('#ajaxTest').load('<MVC Route>')
If I'm understanding your requirements correctly, they are as follows:
Make an asynchronous HTTP request to get some HTML
Modify the returned HTML using the dataValModify() function
Insert the modified HTML into your element with the ID: 'ajaxTest'
If so then it sounds to me like you need to make a lower level ajax call than what you're using at present i.e. $(elem).load()
Essentially the call to .load() is a wrapper for $.get() followed by a call to $(elem).html(someContent) where "someContent" is the responseText from the HTTP request.
Therefore if you want to modify the response before it's injected into the DOM, then you can do something similar to the following:
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "<MVC Route>",
dataType: "html",
success: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
// Your HTTP call was successful but nothing else has happened with the response yet
// Therefore you can now do whatever you want with the it...
// First modify the HTML using the dataValModify function
// Assumption being that your function returns the modified HTML string
var myModifiedHTML = dataValModify(jqXHR.responseText);
// Inject the modified HTML
$('#ajaxTest').html(myModifiedHTML);
}
});
You can use ajaxComplete to modify the responseHTML itself.
$('body').ajaxComplete(function(e, xhr, settings) {
dataValModify(xhr.responseHTML);
});
Update: I haven't tried it, but it might help:
$.ajaxSetup({
converters: {
"text html": function( textValue ) {
if ( valid( textValue ) ) {
// Some parsing logic here
return dataValModify(textValue );
} else {
// This will notify a parsererror for current request
throw exceptionObject;
}
}
}
});
More info here: http://api.jquery.com/extending-ajax/

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