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CakePHP 4.x Ajax request with CSV-file

I am developing a responsive user interface in CakePHP 4.x which occasionally uses Ajax requests.
My Ajax requests are performing just fine but I am having a lot of trouble incorporating a CSV-file in the request so my controller can handle the data. What I want to accomplish is that that I can choose a CSV-file, press submit and that the Ajax-request sends the file to the controller and uses the independent rows to update the database.
My code:
Javscript:
function importProducts() {
/* Getting form data */
let form = document.getElementById('importProductsForm');
let formData = new FormData();
let file = $(form.products_file).prop('files')[0];
formData.append("csv_file", file);
/* Moving product stock */
ajaxRequest('Products', 'importProducts', formData, processImportProducts);
}
function ajaxRequest(controller, action, data = null, callback = null) {
$.ajax({
url : "<?=$this->Url->build(['controller' => '']);?>" + "/" + controller + "/" + action,
type : 'POST',
data : {
'data': data
},
dataType :'json',
/*processData: false,*/
/*contentType: false,*/
success : function(dataArray) {
let response = dataArray.response;
if (typeof response.data !== 'undefined') {
data = response.data;
if (callback != null) {
callback(data);
}
} else if (response.success == 0) {
data = null;
giveError(response.errorTemplate);
} else {
data = null;
if (callback != null) {
callback(data);
}
}
},
error : function(request,error)
{
console.error(error);
}
});
}
At the moment the controller function does not do anything special but receiving and setting the data:
public function importProducts() {
$this->RequestHandler->renderAs($this, 'json');
$response = [];
if($this->request->is('post')) {
$data = $this->request->getData();
$response['test'] = $data;
} else {
$response['success'] = 0;
}
$this->set(compact('response'));
$this->viewBuilder()->setOption('serialize', true);
$this->RequestHandler->renderAs($this, 'json');
}
After some research I discovered I could use the FormData object to send the file. The error I then received was 'illegal invocation'. After some more research I discovered this had to with automatic string parsing by Ajax. According to some other StackOverflow posts I could resolve this by setting the processdata and contenttype properties to false. This fixed the problem but resulted in an Ajax request which always would be empty (that does not contain any data). I tested this without the CSV-file with a regular data object that contains a variable with a string but also resulted in a empty request (no data send to controller).
So my problem is that without the processdata property as false I get the 'illegal invocation' error, otherwise with processdata as false I literary do not receive any data in my controller. I am looking for solution to resolve this problem so I can send my CSV-file or at least the data within the file to my controller.
Other solutions than using the FormData are also welcome, for example I tried to read the CSV-file in Javascript and turn this into another object (with the jquery csv api) to send to the controller, sadly without success until now.

Pass message from Controller to AJAX script in View

I'm using jQuery and AJAX in the View to send some data to the Controller that writes it to the database. On success I show a div tag with a green background with "OK" text. But what if I do a check first in the Controller if the data already exist in the database, then I would like to alert the user that the data could not be added. Is there a way to pass some kind of message back to the AJAX script?
I guess the success option is just a confirm of contact with the Controller and not a real confirm that everything is OK and the data has been added to the database!?
What action in the Controller would cause the error function in the AJAX code to run?
Finally I just wonder what kind of return I should use since I'm actually not returning anything?
My script in the View:
$.ajax({
url: "/Orders/AddOrder",
type: "GET",
cache: false,
data: { a: order, b: seller },
success: function () {
console.log('AJAX successful');
// Show confirm message
$(".messageOk").show();
$(".messageOk").text("OK").delay(2000).queue(function () {
location.reload();
});
},
error: function () {
????
},
complete: function () {
????
}
});
Controller:
// Add new Resource
public ActionResult AddOrder(int a, int b)
{
var order = new Order
{
OrderNumber = a,
Seller = b
};
db.Orders.Add(order);
db.SaveChanges();
//return new EmptyResult();
return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"); // ??????
}

You could return the appropriate HTTP status code from your controller action: 409 Conflict.
if (the resource already exists in db) {
return new HttpStatusCodeResult(HttpStatusCode.Conflict);
}
which will trigger the error AJAX function in which you could check whether you are in this situation and act accordingly:
error: function(jqXHR) {
if (jqXHR.status == 409) {
alert('Sorry but this resource already exists');
}
}
As you can see this way it's up to the view to decide what error messages to display based on proper HTTP status codes returned from the server. This way you are not cluttering the server with view logic.

Along with the correct response status code, you can also pass in your response body error messages from the server may be as JSON string or plain string

Spring MVC back end ajax validation

For my current project Java/Spring project I have to validate a form. The webpage is a freemarker template file.
The <form> has no special attribute to send the data to the controller. The project uses Ajax to send the request. The controller doesn't receive the form at all.
When the user submits the data, a JavaScript function is called to receive all the data by collecting the elementID's. The data is put in a variable, like this (short version);
var userId = document.getElementById('input_id').value.toLowerCase();
var width = document.getElementById("width");
var height = document.getElementById("height");
The function then puts all the data into a JSON. This JSON is put in the Ajax, and then Ajax calls the right controller.
**Ajax code **
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: "POST",
dataType: "json", // expected format for response
contentType: "application/json", // send as JSON
Accept: "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
"Content-Type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
data: data,
success: function (response) {
// we have the response
if (response.status == "SUCCESS") {
console.log("succes");
//Redirect to the right page if the user has been saved successfully
if (type === "setupuser") {
window.location = "/setup/user/" + userId;
} else if (type === "simulatoruser") {
window.location = "/simulator/user/" + userId;
}
} else {
errorInfo = "";
for (i = 0; i < response.result.length; i++) {
errorInfo += "<br>" + (i + 1) + ". " + response.result[i].code;
}
$('#error').html("Please correct following errors: " + errorInfo);
$('#info').hide('slow');
$('#error').show('slow');
}
},
error: function (e) {
alert('Error: ' + e);
}
});
The following controller is called by the Ajax request:
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/adduser/{userType}")
#ResponseBody
JsonResponse addUserMapping(#ModelAttribute(value="user") User user, BindingResult result, #RequestBody String jsonString, #PathVariable String userType) {
def json = new JsonSlurper().parseText(jsonString)
String userId = json.userId
String userName = json.userName
user.setId(userId)
user.setName(userName)
log.warn("User id..... "+user.getId())
log.warn("User name..... "+user.getName())
JsonResponse res = new JsonResponse();
ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmpty(result, "id", "userId can not be empty.");
ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmpty(result, "name", "userName can not be empty");
if(!result.hasErrors()){
userService.addUser(jsonString)
res.setStatus("SUCCESS");
}else{
res.setStatus("FAIL");
res.setResult(result.getAllErrors());
}
return res;
}
As you can see, Ajax sends a JSON to the controller. The controller unpacks the JSON and puts the data into the user object. Then the user object is being validated using "rejectIfEmpty()" method...
Now I've been reading about making a userValidator class extending Validator, or simply putting Annotations in the bean class like:
#Size(min=1, max=3)
I prefer these annotations since you don't have to write special code for checking certain simple things (like the field not being empty .. #NotEmpty)
But that doesn't work because the controller doesn't take a user object the second it's called, instead it takes the JSON and then unpacks it (Validating is too late..)
TL:DR
Controller takes a JSON as a parameter instead of an Object. The JSON has to be unpacked and then validated in the controller as a java object using rejectIfEmpty as an example. I don't want a full page reload, but I still want to keep Ajax.
BTW: I want to validate the data against more things like regex etc. But the rejectifEmpty is a simple example.
Does anyone have an idea how to handle this?

I fixed the validation by parsing the JSON in the controller and setting it in the user object. The user object is then put in my UserValidator class and validated.
Link for more info using the validator:
http://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/validation.html

Can I get information about the Symfony2 response object from js file

I'm using Symfony2.
I want to do some validation in a php controller in that way:
if ($request->isMethod('POST')) {
$old_name = $category->getName();
$new_name = $request->get('value');
if ($same == 0) {
//valid
$new_response = new Response($name);
return $new_response;
} else {
//not valid
$old_response = new Response($old_name);
return $old_response;
}
}
Is there a way to check in the .js file which response was sent - $new_response or $old_response? The point in this is to append to the body a message saying to the user that he entered a duplicate value if the response sent was $old_response. And to remove this message if the response sent was $new_response.
Thank you very much in advance! :)

You might use JSON for returning a set of data, not only the name.
Controller:
if ($same == 0) {
//valid
$new_response = new JsonResponse(array('type' => 'new', 'name' => $name));
return $new_response;
} else {
//not valid
$old_response = new JsonResponse(array('type' => 'old', 'name' => $old_name));
return $old_response;
}
JS:
$.ajax({
url: '...',
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: 'value=...',
success: function(json) {
if (json.type == 'new')
// this is new response
else
// this is old or some other response
alert(json.name); // this is the response body (old or new name)
}
});
See also:
Creating a JSON response
jQuery.ajax()

Simply look in the response body. The first constructer parameter is the content (normally a parsed template) of the response.
Maybe you want to use a JsonResponse($data)

success method not fire on Ajax call

When I ran below code for bttn click event it doesn't return a data for success method.
But it goes for controller method and return false (boolean value) as a out put.I need to pick that boolean value from javascript code.
Why it doesn't work ?
Javascript code is as below:
$('#btnClockInTime').off('click').on('click', function () {
var isClockOutTimeCompleted = true;
$.ajax({
url: "/Employees/IsClockOutTimeCompleted",
type: "GET",
dataType: "json",
cache: false,
data: { employeeId: employeeId },
success: function (data) {
if (!data) {
isClockOutTimeCompleted = data;
}
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
alert(xhr.status);
alert(thrownError);
}
});
return false;
});
Controller Action Method is as below:
[HttpGet]
public JsonResult IsClockOutTimeCompleted(Guid employeeId)
{
var clockingDate = Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Today);
var isClockOutTimeCompleted = Repository.IsClockOutTimeCompleted(employeeId, clockingDate);
return Json(isClockOutTimeCompleted, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
Repository code is as below:
public bool IsClockOutTimeCompleted(Guid employeeId, DateTime clockingDate)
{
var clockOutTime = (from c in Catalog.EmployeeClockInOutTimes
where (c.Employee.Id == employeeId && c.Created == clockingDate && c.ClockOut == null)
select c).FirstOrDefault();
return clockOutTime == null;
}
UPDATE :
Response is as below :
UPDATE 2 :
Screen 1 :
Screen 2 :
Screen 3 :
As shown above images my debug doesn't come into success method.
After 2nd screen (when debug at error) it goes to controller and brings data.
3rd screen shows a status after returning from controller.Any idea ?

I would have thought that if you're return value is just false as a string then that will become your data value and as a result:
if (!data) { // won't fire }
As Darin says, if you wrap up your response Json inside an object and then use that to assign to your isClockOutTimeCompleted variable.
I wouldn't have thought you'd want to perform a boolean evaluation of your return value if it's a true/false return type, wouldn't you just want to assign it to isClockOutTimeCompleted either way?

if ur posting data to a controller method always use
'type':'POST' in ur ajax call &
change the [HTTPget] attribute from ur controller method to [httpPost]
below is my sample code which works fine
$.ajax({
url: 'Home/temp',
type: 'POST',
dataType: "json",
data: {'name':'surya'},
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
//here i'm getting the data which i have passed
},
error: function () {
console.log("inside error")
}
});
and my controller code
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult temp(string name) {
return Json(name);
}
i'm getting back the data which i have passed in to the controller method via my jquery ajax..
may be u ought to change ur 'IsClockOutTimeCompleted' method where u are performing linq queries.just validate ur linq queries once..and also employeeId which ur passing into the controller is of type integer then instead of GUID as a parameter why dont u change the parameter type as int and see..
Regards