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Sending json via ajax in wordpress using Vanilla JS

I am sending a json in my server using vanilla JS and it returns a bad request, it seems the server only wants a key value pair like 'page=pageData&action=act', when i do this it works, but i would want to send data that way. Is there a way to make it possible?
When i try to make it in jquery it works fine.
$('.more-headlines').on('click', function() {
var pageData = $(this).data('page');
var pageURL = $(this).data('url');
var act = 'load_more';
var jsondata = {
page : pageData,
action : act
}
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', pageURL, true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json;charset=UTF-8");
xhr.onload = function() {
if (xhr.status >=200 && xhr.status < 400) {
var data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
console.log(data);
} else {
console.log('sad');
}
};
xhr.send(JSON.stringify(jsondata));
});
This is my code in jquery
$('.more-headlines').on('click', function () {
var that = $(this);
pageData = $(this).data('page');
newPage = pageData+1;
pageURL = $(this).data('url');
act = 'load_more';
that.addClass('icon-spin');
that.find('span').html('loading headline');
jsondata = {
page : pageData,
action : act
}
$.ajax ({
type: 'POST',
url: pageURL,
data: jsondata,
success: function(response) {
setTimeout( function () {
that.data('page', newPage);
$('#featureOnDemand ul').append(response);
that.removeClass('icon-spin');
that.find('span').html('See more headlines');
}, 500);
}
});
});
I looked at the network tab in chrome and i saw that the send request becomes a key value pair like 'page=pageData&action=act'.
I am stuck in this part because i want to make a vanilla js ajax request in my project. Any idea would be much appreaciated. Many thanks!

You want to serialize your object data. Here's a helper function you can pass your object into:
var serializeObject = function (obj) {
var serialized = [];
for (var key in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
serialized.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(obj[key]));
}
}
return serialized.join('&');
};

How to pass dictionary from ajax to controller [duplicate]

I am wanting to pass a dictionary of type <int,int> to my controller via an Ajax post.
The main reason here is the post may have between 1-3 key value pairs here (none of these values are known at compile time) and in the future it may go up to 5.
Also in the post I have to pass in some other data, such as Id and name, which all works as normal.
How would I construct this dictionay in the javascript then send it via the JQuery post and finally receive it on the controller to process?
Edit 2:
I have decided to just solve this with a post for each value instead of trying to pass a dictionary.
EDIT:
Here is my source for the function so you can see what I am trying:
function BindAddMenuItem() {
$(".AddMenuItem").click(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
//get header id from link by removing addmenuitem from this.id
var currentId = $(this).attr("id").replace("AddMenuItem", "");
//get itemnumber, itemname, itemdetails from textboxes with same header id
var restaurantId = jQuery.trim($("#RestaurantId").val());
var itemNumber = jQuery.trim($("#ItemNumber" + currentId).val());
var itemName = jQuery.trim($("#ItemName" + currentId).val());
var itemDetails = jQuery.trim($("#ItemDetails" + currentId).val());
var costs = new Object();
//select all textboxes with class "Header" + currentId
$(".Header" + currentId).each(function (i) {
var optionId = $(this).attr("id").replace("Option", "");
costs[optionId] = $(this).val();
});
$.ajax(
{
type: "POST",
url: "/Menu/AddMenuItem",
data: "reastaurantId=" + restaurantId + "&menuHeaderId=" + currentId + "&itemNumber=" + itemNumber + "&itemName=" + itemName + "&itemDetails=" + itemDetails + "&costs=" + costs,
dataType: "html",
success: function (result) {
var domElement = $(result);
$("#MenuContainer").replaceWith(domElement);
var newNum = parseInt(itemNumber) + 1;
$("#ItemNumber" + currentId).val(newNum);
BindAllBehaviours();
}
});
});
}

Something like (javascript)
dict = new Object();
dict['12'] = 5;
dict['13'] = 6;
dict['1000'] = 21;
dict['9'] = 13;
dict['13'] = 48;
$.post('/client.mvc/mypostaction/', { myDictionary: dict });
You can then post the dict object to your controller using a Dictionary<int, int> as property type.
ActionResult MyPostAction(Dictionary<string, int> myDictionary)
edit from author's code second time:
The following works for me, when having a Dictionary<string, int> kvPairs. <int, int> isn't going to work after all.
Make your post like:
var dict = new Object();
dict['13'] = 9;
dict['14'] = 10;
dict['2'] = 5;
$.post('controller.mvc/Test', { 'kvPairs': dict }, function(obj) { $('#output').html(obj.Count); });

JavaScript object / dictionary has to be passed as a list of key-value pairs to ASP.NET MVC controller when Dictionary<TKey, TValue> is expected. Example:
If you have a dictionary like this:
public Dictionary<string, decimal?> SomeMapping { get; set; }
then you have to use something like this in your JavaScript:
var sourceMapping = { a: 1, b: 1.5, c: null };
var SomeMapping = [];
for (var key in sourceMapping) {
if (sourceMapping.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
SomeMapping.push({ Key: key, Value: sourceMapping[key] });
}
}
I've used this approach in asynchronous POST request (sent using jQuery) that had content type set to 'application/json' (this may or may not be important in your case).

Client (JavaScript):
var dict = new Object();
dict.Key1 = "Value1"
dict.Key2 = "Value2"
$.post('/YourController/YourAction/', dict);
NOTE: The "dict" objects gets serialized behind the scenes before being sent to your action.
Server:
public ActionResult YourAction()
{
string postData = string.Empty;
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(Request.InputStream))
{
postData = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
//Load post data into JObject (Newtonsoft.Json)
JObject o = JObject.Parse(postData);
//Extract each key/val
string val1 = (string)o["Key1"];
//Do whatever....
}

None of these worked for me except for mczers, but he doesn't show all the steps, and makes it difficult when you're trying to remember how you set up an ajax request. So I wanted to put everything that actually just works. First, in JavaScript:
var validDict = new Array();
validDict[0] = { key: 1, value: 4 }
validDict[1] = { key: 42, value: 5}
var path = "#Url.Action("ControllerName", "ActionName")";
$.ajax({
url: path,
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(validDict),
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
async:false,
success: function(status, xhr)
{
alert(status);
},
error: function(xhr, status, error)
{
alert(error);
}});
Then in your controller:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult ActionName(Dictionary<int, int> validDict)
{
// doStuff();
return Content("Success");
}

A dictionary of the kind IDictionary<string, string> on server side can be posted from javascript like
{"Key1": "Value1", "Key2": "Value2"}
on the Server Side in ASP.NET Web API
[HttpPost]
public IHttpActionResult([FromBody]IDictionary<string, string> requestParam){
}
Above example is for an Http POST with the Json data in the Body

For passing a Dictionary I found the following working answer:
submitting-a-dictionary-to-an-asp-net-mvc-action
#model WebApplication3.Controllers.ExampleViewModel #{ ViewBag.Title = "New";
var first = Guid.NewGuid(); var second = Guid.NewGuid(); }
<h2>New</h2>
#using (Html.BeginForm(new { action = "create", controller = "home" })) {
foreach (var kvp in Model.Values) {
<p>
<input type="text" name="Model.Values[#first].Key" value="#kvp.Key" />
<input type="text" name="Model.Values[#first].Value" value="#kvp.Value" />
<input type="hidden" name="Model.Values.Index" value="#first" />
</p>
}
you have to generate A Guid for the dictionary index, and you have to create 3 inputs, one for the Key, one for the Value and one for the Index of the Dictionary
Also I have submited using Jquery with the following:
$('form#frmFormId').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var formData = new FormData(this);
//debugger;
$('#cover-spin').show(100);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: $(this).attr('action'),
data: formData,
processData: false,
contentType: false
}
);
return false;
});

How to post file with ajax?

Trying to save a file to a db. I am using formData via javascript to append the file and adding this as a post object via ajax. for some reason nothing gets sent.
What am I doing wrong?
HTML
<input type="file" style="display: none;" class="btn btn-primary uploadFile">
script:
$(".saveImage")
.on("click",
function() {
var files = $(".uploadFile");
var data = new FormData();
data = $.OverWatch.worker.uploadFileHandler.addUploadFiles(files, data);
$.OverWatch.worker.postUserData("/Administration/AddUserImage", data, function () {
alert("done");
});
});
Functions above look like:
addUploadFiles: function (files, data) {
$.each(files, function (i, v) {
var file = $(this).data("files");
data.append("file", file);
});
return data;
}
postUserData:
postUserData: function(url, data, callback) {
$.LoadingOverlay("show");
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: 'POST',
data: data,
cache: false,
processData: false,
contentType: false,
dataType: "HTML",
success: function(data) {
if (callback) {
callback(data);
$.LoadingOverlay("hide");
}
},
error: function(event, jqxhr, settings, thrownError) {
//$.helpers.errorHandler($("#fileDialogErrors"), event.responseText);
var h;
$.LoadingOverlay("hide");
}
});
},
backend:
public ActionResult AddUserImage()
{
if (Request.Files.Count != 0)
{
//save
}
return null;
}
edit:
var files = $(".uploadFile");
returns:

Your var file = $(this).data("files"); line of code would be returning undefined (unless you have some other javascript adding a data value, but you cannot add files to data so it in any case it would not be returning a file).
Change your loop to
$.each(files, function (i, v) {
for (i = 0; i < v.files.length; i++) {
var file = v.files[i];
data.append("file", file);
}
});
However, you can simplify this by using var data = new FormData($('form').get(0)); which will serialize all you form controls including file inputs to FormData (refer how to append whole set of model to formdata and obtain it in MVC for more information).
I also recommend you change your method signature to
public ActionResult AddUserImage(IEnumerable<HttpPostedFileBase> files)
and let the DefaultModelBinder do its magic.

you can directly get file from controller when called using Request.Files
//(Request) HttpRequestBase object for the current HTTP request
if (Request.Files.Count > 0)//// Is image is uplaod by browse button
{
var inputStream = Request.Files[0].InputStream;
using (var binaryReader = new BinaryReader(inputStream))
{
var ImageBytes = binaryReader .ReadBytes(Request.Files[0].ContentLength); // same as you can get multiple file also
}
var fileExtension = Path.GetExtension(Request.Files[0].FileName);
}
thanks.

I haven't done it with jQuery but just learned how to do it myself yesterday using plain old javascript... the following worked for me. If you want to stick with jquery maybe you can translate the functions to what you need:
var formElement = document.querySelector("form");
var payload = new FormData(formElement);
function onStateChange(ev) {
// Check if the request is finished
if (ev.target.readyState == 4) {
editor.busy(false);
if (ev.target.status == '200') {
// Save was successful, notify the user with a flash
} else {
// Save failed, notify the user with a flash
}
}
};
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.addEventListener('readystatechange', onStateChange);
xhr.open('POST', '/posts');
xhr.send(payload);
Maybe see if using the above code works for you (it just targets a form that you have on the same page), and then you can troubleshoot whether it's your script that's the problem or a backend / communication problem.

.net mvc 4 application - call from ajax to a function in controller

I'm creating mvc 4 application where I call a function in controller from a js file using ajax.
When I call the function from ajax, its calling the respective function properly. But neither success nor error function is not firing . Could someone help me out to correct my mistake?
I would like to read the data from database convert it to json format and write it into a .js file and thereafter success function to be fired off. Help me to solve this. Thanks in advance.
Here is my Code.
$.ajax({
//url: '#Url.Action("getJsonData","Home")',
url: "Home/getJsonHugeData1",
//data: "{}",
type: "GET",
//contentType: 'application/json',
//dataType: "json",
success: function () {
alert();
alert('success getJsonHugeData');
loaddata(data);
},
error:function(){
alert('error');
}
});
Controller:
public JsonResult getJsonHugeData()
{
var users = GetUsersHugeData();
string json = "var dataSource=";
json += JsonConvert.SerializeObject(users.ToArray());
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(Server.MapPath("/Scripts/NewData.js"), json);
return Json(users, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}
private List<UserModel> GetUsersHugeData()
{
var usersList = new List<UserModel>();
UserModel user;
List<dummyData> data = new List<dummyData>();
using (Database1Entities dataEntity = new Database1Entities())
{
data = dataEntity.dummyDatas.ToList();
}
for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
{
user = new UserModel
{
ID = data[i].Id,
ProductName = data[i].ProductName,
Revenue = data[i].Revenue,
InYear = data[i].InYear.Year
};
usersList.Add(user);
}
}

I believe your browser will block the file downloaded via ajax, this is because JavaScript cannot interact with disk. If you want to get this working, you will have to do so using a form post.
#using (Html.BeginForm("Action", "Controller", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "DownloadForm" }))
{
... form data would be here if you had any...
<button type="submit">Download</button>
}
You would then return a FileStreamResult with the contents of the file to be downloaded.
public ActionResult Action(FormModel model)
{
// Do work to get data for file and then return your file result to the browser.
return new FileStreamResult(new MemoryStream(fileData), "text/csv") // set the document type that is valid for your file
{
FileDownloadName = "users.csv"
};
}

I ran all of your code except for the following since you didn't provide the UserModel and dummydata classes in your question:
private List<UserModel> GetUsersHugeData()
{
var usersList = new List<UserModel>();
UserModel user;
List<dummyData> data = new List<dummyData>();
using (Database1Entities dataEntity = new Database1Entities())
{
data = dataEntity.dummyDatas.ToList();
}
for (int i = 0; i < data.Count; i++)
{
user = new UserModel
{
ID = data[i].Id,
ProductName = data[i].ProductName,
Revenue = data[i].Revenue,
InYear = data[i].InYear.Year
};
usersList.Add(user);
}
}
The end result was that you had a typo in your ajax 'url' parameter. Also, if you are going to check for errors, set your function to
function(jqxhr, status, error) {
alert(error);
}
to check the error being thrown.

Posting a model to the controller

I asked a question to fill in the model data on the client, into arrays.
Add items to JSON objects
Now my problem is how to post it to the controller. I have tried this:
public ActionResult ItemRequest (Model1 model)
{
////
}
but it never gets there.
I'm trying with an AJAX request to send it:
function sendRequest() {
jsonData.items = itemArray;
$.ajax({
url: '#Url.Action("ItemRequest")',
type: 'POST',
data: JSON.stringify(jsonData),
///// and so on
}
But the action result is never invoked. I can drop the 'JSON.stringify' and it makes no difference. Any ideas on how to post this object to the controller?
If I make a psuedo model in JS it works fine, but I don't want to have to make this model, I'd rather use the model passed to the page.
function itemModel () {
var self = this;
this.itemNumber = $("#itemNumberId").val();
/// etc.
self.items = [];
}
function itemsModel () {
var self = this;
this.itemNumber = $("#itemNumberId").val();
/// etc
}
then
var itemCount = 0;
function addItem() {
var newItem = new itemModel();
newItem.items[itemCount] = newItem;
/// etc
}
This works fine.
I send the array itemModel the same way with a JSON.stringify directly into the controller method
public ActionResult ItemRequest(ItemModel model)

We are using this to send Data to API controller Methods on our internal test sides:
It's probably not the prettiest solution, but it can be used on any page.
What data should be sent:
$("#btnSend").click(function () {call("controller/method", {ParamName: $("#field").val()}); });
To send the data to a controller:
$(document).ready(function () {
var call = function (method, requestData, resultHandler) {
var url = method.substring(0, 1) == "/api/" + method;
$.ajax({
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
data: JSON.stringify(requestData),
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/json',
success: function (data) {
var isSuccess = data.Status == "success";
$("#jsonResponse").val(FormatJSON(data));
if (isSuccess && jQuery.isFunction(resultHandler)) {
resultHandler(data);
}
}
});
};