Is there a way in jQuery to create and submit a form on the fly.
Something like below.
<html>
<head>
<title> Title Text Goes Here </title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){alert('hi')});
$('<form/>').attr('action','form2.html').submit();
</script>
</head>
<body>
Content Area
</body>
</html>
Is this supposed to work or there is a different way to do this?
Like Purmou, but removing the form when submit will done.
Yes, you just forgot the quotes ...
Why don't you
$.post
or$.get
directly?GET
requests:POST
requests:Then you don't need a form, just send the data in your data object.
There were two things wrong with your code. The first one is that you included the
$(document).ready();
but didn't wrap the jQuery object that's creating the element with it.The second was the method you were using. jQuery will create any element when the selector (or where you would usually put the selector) is replaced with the element you wish to create. Then you just append it to the body and submit it.
Here's the code in action. In this example, it doesn't auto submit, just to prove that it would add the form element.
Here's the code with auto submit. It works out fine. Jsfiddle takes you to a 404 page because "form2.html" doesn't exist on its server, obviously.
Josepmra example works well for what i need. But i had to add the line
for it to work.
Yes, it is possible. One of the solutions is below (jsfiddle as a proof).
HTML:
(see, above there is no form)
JavaScript:
The above example shows you how to create form, how to add inputs and how to submit. Sometimes display of the result is forbidden by
X-Frame-Options
, so I have settarget
to_top
, which replaces the main window's content. Alternatively if you set_blank
, it can show within new window / tab.