How do you stay on the same page after submit in javascript?

I have a form that looks like this

<form action="receiver.pl" method="post">
  <input name="signed" type="checkbox">
  <input value="Save" type="submit">
</form>

and I would like to stay on the same page, when Submit is clicked, but still have receiver.pl executed.

How should that be done?

asked Apr 20, 2011 at 16:48

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99% of the time I would use XMLHttpRequest or fetch for something like this. However, there's an alternative solution which doesn't require javascript...

You could include a hidden iframe on your page and set the target attribute of your form to point to that iframe.

<style>
  .hide { position:absolute; top:-1px; left:-1px; width:1px; height:1px; }
</style>

<iframe name="hiddenFrame" class="hide"></iframe>

<form action="receiver.pl" method="post" target="hiddenFrame">
  <input name="signed" type="checkbox">
  <input value="Save" type="submit">
</form>

There are very few scenarios where I would choose this route. Generally handling it with javascript is better because, with javascript you can...

• gracefully handle errors (e.g. retry)
• provide UI indicators (e.g. loading, processing, success, failure)
• run logic before the request is sent, or run logic after the response is received.

answered Apr 20, 2011 at 16:52

jessegavinjessegavin

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The easiest answer: jQuery. Do something like this:

$(document).ready(function(){
   var $form = $('form');
   $form.submit(function(){
      $.post($(this).attr('action'), $(this).serialize(), function(response){
            // do something here on success
      },'json');
      return false;
   });
});

If you want to add content dynamically and still need it to work, and also with more than one form, you can do this:

   $('form').live('submit', function(){
      $.post($(this).attr('action'), $(this).serialize(), function(response){
            // do something here on success
      },'json');
      return false;
   });

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answered Apr 20, 2011 at 16:52

Herman SchaafHerman Schaaf

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The HTTP/CGI way to do this would be for your program to return an HTTP status code of 204 (No Content).

answered May 7, 2013 at 12:36

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When you hit on the submit button, the page is sent to the server. If you want to send it async, you can do it with ajax.

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answered Apr 20, 2011 at 16:51

Eric FrickEric Frick

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Use XMLHttpRequest

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", '/server', true);

//Send the proper header information along with the request
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { // Call a function when the state changes.
    if (this.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE && this.status === 200) {
        // Request finished. Do processing here.
    }
}
xhr.send("foo=bar&lorem=ipsum");
// xhr.send(new Int8Array()); 
// xhr.send(document);

answered Jan 16, 2019 at 20:49

Hasan A YousefHasan A Yousef

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