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jQuery validate , how to make validation rules for dynamically generated fields?

I have an HTML form with dynamically add more fields. For example company name. I am trying to use the jQuery validate method to validate. It is working fine with the existing company name field. Here is the code.
<script>
$("#company_creation_form").validate({
rules:{
company_name: {
required: true,
minlength: 3
}
},
submitHandler: function (form) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "<?php echo BASE_URL;?>crm/thankyou/",
data: $(form).serialize()+"&company_count="+company_count,
success: function () {
alert("thanks");
}
});
return false; // required to block normal submit since you used ajax
}
});
</script>
When I click on add more button another company name field will create on the form. The below code is failed to validate the dynamically generated field. Here I am getting the field count globally in this variable company_count
<script>
$("#company_creation_form").validate({
rules:{
company_name: {
required: true,
minlength: 3
},
I tried like below, but this is giving me error
if(company_count> 0){
var new_field = jQuery("#company_name"+company_count);
new_field : {
required: true,
minlength: 3
},
}
The above block code is showing error in the text editor it self
},
submitHandler: function (form) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "<?php echo BASE_URL;?>crm/thankyou/",
data: $(form).serialize()+"&company_count="+company_count,
success: function () {
alert("thanks");
}
});
return false; // required to block normal submit since you used ajax
}
});
</script>
Can anyone help me with how to make validation for these dynamically generated fields? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am using form submission by using Ajax.
Code to add company fields dynamically
var company_room = 0;
var company_room1 = 0;
function add_another_company() {
company_room++;
company_room1++;
var objTo = document.getElementById('company_field')
var divtest = document.createElement("div");
divtest.setAttribute("class", "form-group removeclass2" + company_room);
//var rdiv = 'removeclass2' + company_room;
divtest.innerHTML = '<div class="form-row"><div class="col-sm-5"> <div class="form-group pad-tp-5"><input type="text" class="form-control aj4" id="company_name" name="company_name" placeholder="Company Name"></div></div><div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="form-group"> <button class="btn btn-danger bdr-rds-100 btn-pad" type="button" onclick="remove_another_company(' + company_room + ');"> <i class="fa fa-minus"></i> </button> </div></div></div>';
objTo.appendChild(divtest);
var E_fields = $('.aj4');
var E_count = 1;
$.each(E_fields, function() {
jQuery(this).attr('id','company_name' + E_count);
jQuery(this).attr('name','company_name' + E_count);
E_count++;
});
}
function remove_another_company(rid2) {
company_room1--;
$('.removeclass2' + rid2).remove();
var E_fields = $('.aj4');
var E_count = 1;
$.each(E_fields, function() {
jQuery(this).attr('id','company_name' + E_count);
jQuery(this).attr('name','company_name' + E_count);
E_count++;
});
}

OK, so I didn't have your HTML so I had to mock some up. You will obviously have to tweak this a little to work with your ID's. I tried to keep it as close as possible to the ID's/classes you were already using.
I removed the pure javascript functions and the onclick events in favor of jquery since you were already using it. Hopefully this kind of simplifies things a bit and makes it more manageable.
NOTE: I added a hidden input field to keep track of company count. This way it will be included when you $(form).serialize in your ajax options (as you are adding it with a variable now). I included code to preserve the company_count variable also, so basically you will have 2 company counts. I did this just to show you an easier way to keep track of this without having to micro manage it. :)
Try out this code and let me know what your getting in console if it is not working. Thanks
MOCK HTML
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="form-wrapper">
<p>Dynamic Form</p>
<button id="addField">Add Dynamic Field</button>
<form id="dynForm">
Static Field: <input id="company_name" name="company_name" minlength="3" type="text" value="Static Company Name" required>
<br>
<input type="hidden" id="companyCount" name="companyCount" value="1">
<div id="company_field">
</div>
</form>
</div>
JQUERY/JS
$(function() { // <---- Document Ready!
$("#addField").on("click", () => {
var count = parseInt($("#companyCount").val(), 10);
count += 1;
$("#companyCount").val(count.toString());
var thisId = "company_name" + count.toString();
var html = '<div class="form-row"><div class="col-sm-5"> <div class="form-group pad-tp-5"><input type="text" class="form-control aj4" id="'+thisId+'" name="'+thisId+'" minlength="3" placeholder="Company Name" required></div></div><div class="col-sm-2"> <div class="form-group"> <button class="btn btn-danger bdr-rds-100 btn-pad" type="button"> <i class="fa fa-minus"></i> </button> </div></div></div>';
var ele = $.parseHTML(html);
$("#company_field").append(ele);
});
$("#company_field").on("click", "button", () => $(this).closest(".form-row").remove());
$("#company_creation_form").validate({
submitHandler: function(form) {
var company_count = parseInt($("#companyCount").val(), 10);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "<?php echo BASE_URL;?>crm/thankyou/",
data: $(form).serialize() + "&company_count=" + company_count,
success: function() {
alert("thanks");
}
});
return false;
}
});
});

Jquery Flask capturing checkbox value

I am trying to capture the data from checkbox by assigning value in jquery and passing it to backend each time search is run by the user. It is not working for me, tried several ways.
Use case: As a user I would like to search and be able to check for various search options.
template:
$('a#process_input').bind('click', function () {
$.getJSON('/background_process', {
checkbox1: $('input[name="checkbox1"]').val(),
input_search: $('input[name="input_search"]').val(),
},
function (data) {
ul.empty();
$.each(data.result, function (index, element) {
...
... <some irrelevant code...>
<input type=text size=40 name=input_search>
<a href=# id=process_input>
<button class='btn btn-default'>Submit</button>
</a>
</form>
<form method="POST" action="/">
<p>Please select allergy options below:</p>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox1"/>Allergy 1
backend
#app.route('/background_process', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def background_process():
try:
checkbox1 = request.args.get("something")
search_word = request.args.get('input_search', 0, type=str)
if search_word:
return jsonify(result=yummly_search(search_word, checkbox1))
else:
return jsonify(result='Try again.')
except Exception as e:
return str(e)

I am not comfortable with getJSON function but the other way to do it is ajax. Here is a runnable code, I hope it helps:
html:
<input type=text size=40 name="input_search">
<a href=# id=process_input>
<button class='btn btn-default'>Submit</button>
</a>
<p>Please select allergy options below:</p>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox1"/>Allergy 1
<div id="login_result"></div>
javascript:
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#process_input").bind('click', function () {
var login_result = $('#login_result');
var input_search = $('[name="input_search"]').val();
var checkbox1 = $('[name="checkbox1"]').is(":checked");
console.log(input_search);
console.log(checkbox1);
var list = new FormData()
list.append("input_search", input_search)
list.append("checkbox1", checkbox1)
var urlBackgroundProcess = "{{ url_for('background_process') }}";
var ajaxRequest = $.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: urlBackgroundProcess,
data: list,
contentType: false,
cache: false,
processData: false,
success: function (msg) {
login_result.html(msg.data);
console.log("AJAX ok 2!");
}
});
});
});
</script>
and the flask back end:
#app.route('/background_process',methods=['GET','POST'])
def background_process():
msg=''
if request.form.get("input_search"):
msg=('I got that search pattern at the back end: \'%s\' \n the checkbox value is set to: \'%s\' ') \
% (request.form.get("input_search"),request.form.get("checkbox1"))
else:
msg='I got the Ajax call but cannot read the data, try again! :('
return jsonify(data=msg)

Display textbox multiple times

The HTML part contains a textarea with a label.The user has to enter text and the form should be submitted and refreshed for the user to enter text again for say 5 more times. How can I do this using Javascript?
This is the html code:
<form name="myform" method="post">
<div class="form-group col-sm-5">
<label for="ques"><p id="p1">Question:</p></label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" id="ques"></textarea>
</div>
</form>
<button type="button" class="btn" id="sub" onclick="func()">Next</button>
The javascript code:
var x=1;
document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML="Question"+x;
function func()
{
var frm = document.getElementsByName('myform')[0];
frm.submit();
frm.reset();
return false;
}

Here are two methods you can use. Both of these require you to add a submit button to your form, like this:
<form name="myform" method="post">
<div class="form-group col-sm-5">
<label for="ques"><p id="p1">Question:</p></label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" id="ques"></textarea>
</div>
<!-- add this button -->
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn">
</form>
<!-- no need for a <button> out here! -->
Method 1: sessionStorage
sessionStorage allows you to store data that is persistent across page reloads.
For me info, see the MDN docs on sessionStorage. This method requires no external libraries.
Note that in this method, your page is reloaded on submit.
window.onload = function() {
var myForm = document.forms.myform;
myForm.onsubmit = function(e) {
// get the submit count from sessionStorage OR default to 0
var submitCount = sessionStorage.getItem('count') || 0;
if (submitCount == 5) {
// reset count to 0 for future submissions
} else {
// increment the count
sessionStorage.setItem('count', submitCount + 1);
}
return true; // let the submission continue as normal
}
// this code runs each time the pages loads
var submitCount = sessionStorage.getItem('count') || 0;
console.log('You have submited the form ' + submitCount + ' times');
if (submitCount == 4) {
console.log("This will be the final submit! This is the part where you change the submit button text to say \"Done\", etc.");
}
};
Method 2: AJAX with jQuery
If you don't mind using jQuery, you can easily make AJAX calls to submit your form multiple times without reloading.
Note that in this example your page is not reloaded after submit.
window.onload = function() {
var myForm = document.forms.myform;
var submitCount = 0;
myForm.onsubmit = function(e) {
$.post('/some/url', $(myForm).serialize()).done(function(data) {
submitCount++;
});
console.log('You have submited the form ' + submitCount + ' times');
if (submitCount == 4) {
console.log("This will be the final submit! This is the part where you change the submit button text to say \"Done\", etc.");
}
e.preventDefault();
return false;
};
};
Hope this helps!

You shuld create an array and push the value of the textbox to the array in func().

We can create a template using a <script type="text/template>, then append it to the form each time the button is clicked.
const btn = document.getElementById('sub');
const appendNewTextArea = function() {
const formEl = document.getElementById('form');
const textareaTemplate = document.getElementById('textarea-template').innerHTML;
const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
wrapper.innerHTML = textareaTemplate;
formEl.appendChild(wrapper);
}
// Call the function to create the first textarea
appendNewTextArea();
btn.addEventListener('click', appendNewTextArea);
<form name="myform" method="post" id="form">
</form>
<button type="button" class="btn" id="sub">Next</button>
<script id="textarea-template" type="text/template">
<div class="form-group col-sm-5">
<label for="ques"><p id="p1">Question:</p></label>
<textarea class="form-control" rows="5" id="ques"></textarea>
</div>
</script>

User input does not get captured/stored

I am trying to figure out why this onclick function in my JavaScript and Jquery code are not working.
I am referring my "userInput" in the JavaScript code and storing it in a variable called "userDate". For some reason, the user input does not get captured/stored.
This is my HTML:
<form role="form">
<p> Enter the date:
<input id="userInput" type="text" placeholder="yyyy-mm-dd" autofocus required></p>
<button id="convert" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" padding="center">
<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-euro"></span>
</button>
</form>
This is my JS code:
$(function () {
// cache the DOM element
var $currencies = $("#currencies");
var $userInput = $("#userInput");
// We are listening on the 'document',
// for a click on an element with an ID of #convert in the HTML
$("#convert").on("click", function() {
var userDate = $userInput;
// testing
console.log(userDate);
alert ("Handler for .click() is called.");
// AJAX call for GET request
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://xxx.xx',
success: function(currencies) {
console.log("success func is called");
console.log(userDate);
$.each(currencies, function(i, currency){
$currencies.append("<div> EUR: " + currencies.rates["EUR"] + ", date: " + currencies.date + "</div>");
});
},
// error handling for my request
error: function() {
alert("error loading currencies");
}
});
});
});

change
var userDate = $userInput;
to
var userDate = $userInput.val();
$userInput is a reference to the jquery object holding the input element. Using .val() returns the text value of that input element.

Javascript form submits to new page -- how can I keep it on the same page?

beginner programmer here. Trying to create a very primitive "chat interface", in JSP where I type in some words, they're stored in an array, then, ideally, spit back out on the same page. I've got the code somewhat working, but it loads to a new page.
I've tried a number of different things that I read on the net, including trying to add "return false" to my showChats function, trying to change the submit to a button and doing "onclick", but it's still not working, always loads a new page. Any ideas on how to solve this?
Thanks in advance. Here's the code:
<script>
counter = 0;
//Array containing initial elements.
var chats = [];
function show_array(array) {
array[counter] = document.getElementById("chatlet").value;
for (x = 0; x < array.length; x++){
document.write(array[x] + "<br/>");
}
counter++;
}
</script>
<form action="agenda2.jsp" method="get" onsubmit="show_array(chats)" >
<p>
<textarea id="chatlet" rows="10" cols="30"></textarea>
</p>
<input type="submit" value="Send Chat">
</form>
</body>
</html>

You need to add return keyword with onsubmit like onsubmit="return show_array(chats)" and then return false in the JS function.
Code:
<form action="agenda2.jsp" method="get" onsubmit="return show_array(chats)" >
JS
counter = 0;
var chats = [];
function show_array(array) {
array[counter] = document.getElementById("chatlet").value;
for (x = 0; x < array.length; x++) {
document.write(array[x] + "<br/>");
}
counter++;
return false;
}
DEMO

Using query you could do below
$('form').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: $(this).attr('action'),
data: 'get form data',
success: function (res) {
// handle response here
}
});
});

In the end of your function show_array() you have to add return false; Or in other case you might concider using jQuery and do this:
Give your form a class or id
<form class="myform">
....
</form>
<script>
$("myform").on('submit', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
});
</script>
Regards!