I have a form element that contains about 5 fields which final query is going to create by processing values those fields. So I want to send only final query, not all of those, to the server. How can I exclude those fields from being submitted (using jQuery)?
<form action="abc/def.aspx" method="get">
<input type="text" name="field1" />
<input type="text" name="field2" />
<input type="text" name="field3" />
<input type="text" name="field4" />
<input type="text" name="field5" />
<input type="hidden" name="final" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
Output of form submission looks like below:
abc/def.aspx?field1=val1&field2=val2&field3=val3&field4=val4&field5=val5&final=finalQuery
Remove the element on submit.
On the onsubmit handler:
$(formElement).submit(function() {
$(this.field1).remove(); //removing field 1 from query
return true; //send
});
Disabling the form element also stops it from being entered into the query.(tested on Chrome)
$(formElement).submit(function() {
this.field1.disabled = true;
return true; //send
});
Remove the name attribute on the fields you do not want submitted to the server.
<form action="abc/def.aspx" method="get">
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="text" />
<input type="hidden" name="final" />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>
This is the simplest way to achieve what you want, and it works on all major browsers.
W3 spec talks about only submitting form values when name is present: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.2
I think the best solution is to handle the submit and then send the request yourself:
$(form).submit(function() {
//do everything you need in here to get the final result
var finalResult = alotoflogic();
$.get("abc/def.aspx",final=finalResult, "callbackfunction", "responseType");
return false;
});
that should do exactly what you want.
EDIT: as Alex pointed out this solution wouldnt send you to that page, just get the results if you need to go to the new page you can do:
$(form).submit(function() {
//do everything you need in here to get the final result
var finalResult = alotoflogic();
window.location('abc/def.aspx?final='+finalResult);
return false;
});
This way the browser is redirected to that page and only the final result is send.