I have a long strongly-typed form which its inputs are bound with viewmodel as html helpers, while i have a table that's not strongly-typed, it's generated when user clicks Add button, and i collect its data as json. how to map json data to viewmodel and send as one unit to post action in controller in ajax call?
view
@model SIServices.ViewModels.SODViewModel
@using (Html.BeginForm("Initiate", "SOD", FormMethod.Post, new { id =
"initiateSOD" })) // enctype = "multipart/form-data"
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()
...
@* form inputs as html helpers *@
@* html table data is collected as json *@
javasctipt
var cols = [];
cols.push("DIGITAL_FILE_TYPE_ID");
cols.push("DOCUMENT_LAPI_ID");
var DigitalMaps = [];
$("table#digital-map-table tbody tr").each(function () {
data = {};
var selectedDigitalMapVal = $(this).data("selectedDigitalMapVal");
data[cols[0]] = selectedDigitalMapVal;
var documentId = $(this).data("documentID");
data[cols[1]] = documentId.toString();
DigitalMaps.push(data);
data = {};
});
var headers = { __RequestVerificationToken:
$('input[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').val() };
if (DigitalMaps != null) {
$.ajax({
headers: headers,
url: "@Url.Action("Initiate")",
type: "POST",
cache: false,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
data: DigitalMaps,
dataType: "json",
success: function (succ) {
console.log(succ);
},
error: function (err) {
console.log(err.statusText);
}
});
}
viewmodel
namespace SIServices.ViewModels
{
public class SODViewModel
{
// a lot of properties - around 50
public int? DigitalMapId { get; set; }
public List<DIGITAL_MAPS> DigitalMaps { get; set; }
controller
[HttpPost]
[ValidateHeaderAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult Initiate(SODViewModel vm)
{