I have a Contact Form that utilizes Google Scripts. It successfully sends the email and formats it decently to my inbox, but there are 2 problems:
-I need it so that IF var key is equal to 'Action', then do not display it in the email it sends. Because right now, "Action send_message" is getting included in the email and I don't like that.
For this, I have unsuccessfully tried things like:
for (var idx in order) {
var key = order[idx];
//Skip this entry into the email output if it is the Action
if( key === 'Action') {
continue
}
It seems to not react to this code at all.
-I also need it so that if a city is selected, e.g. Alachua, that the email says 'Alachua' instead of 'Florida_Alachua'. But I can't add a NAME to an option since apparently options don't have that property. I also can't do the quick fix of changing the VALUE of the <option> to resolve this step, because of other code I have that conflicts with this route.
Google Scripts Code:
/******************************************************************************
* This tutorial is based on the work of Martin Hawksey twitter.com/mhawksey *
* But has been simplified and cleaned up to make it more beginner friendly *
* All credit still goes to Martin and any issues/complaints/questions to me. *
******************************************************************************/
// if you want to store your email server-side (hidden), uncomment the next line
var TO_ADDRESS = "myemail#email.com";
// spit out all the keys/values from the form in HTML for email
// uses an array of keys if provided or the object to determine field order
function formatMailBody(obj, order) {
var result = "";
if (!order) {
order = Object.keys(obj);
}
// loop over all keys in the ordered form data
for (var idx in order) {
var key = order[idx];
result += "<h4 style='text-transform: capitalize; margin-bottom: 0'>" + key + "</h4><div>" + sanitizeInput(obj[key]) + "</div>";
// for every key, concatenate an `<h4 />`/`<div />` pairing of the key name and its value,
// and append it to the `result` string created at the start.
}
return result; // once the looping is done, `result` will be one long string to put in the email body
}
// sanitize content from the user - trust no one
// ref: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/html/html-output#appendUntrusted(String)
function sanitizeInput(rawInput) {
var placeholder = HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(" ");
placeholder.appendUntrusted(rawInput);
return placeholder.getContent();
}
function doPost(e) {
try {
Logger.log(e); // the Google Script version of console.log see: Class Logger
record_data(e);
// shorter name for form data
var mailData = e.parameters;
// names and order of form elements (if set)
var orderParameter = e.parameters.formDataNameOrder;
var dataOrder;
if (orderParameter) {
dataOrder = JSON.parse(orderParameter);
}
// determine recepient of the email
// if you have your email uncommented above, it uses that `TO_ADDRESS`
// otherwise, it defaults to the email provided by the form's data attribute
var sendEmailTo = (typeof TO_ADDRESS !== "undefined") ? TO_ADDRESS : mailData.formGoogleSendEmail;
// send email if to address is set
if (sendEmailTo) {
MailApp.sendEmail({
to: String(sendEmailTo),
subject: "Contact form submitted",
// replyTo: String(mailData.email), // This is optional and reliant on your form actually collecting a field named `email`
htmlBody: formatMailBody(mailData, dataOrder)
});
}
return ContentService // return json success results
.createTextOutput(
JSON.stringify({"result":"success",
"data": JSON.stringify(e.parameters) }))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
} catch(error) { // if error return this
Logger.log(error);
return ContentService
.createTextOutput(JSON.stringify({"result":"error", "error": error}))
.setMimeType(ContentService.MimeType.JSON);
}
}
/**
* record_data inserts the data received from the html form submission
* e is the data received from the POST
*/
function record_data(e) {
var lock = LockService.getDocumentLock();
lock.waitLock(30000); // hold off up to 30 sec to avoid concurrent writing
try {
Logger.log(JSON.stringify(e)); // log the POST data in case we need to debug it
// select the 'responses' sheet by default
var doc = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheetName = e.parameters.formGoogleSheetName || "responses";
var sheet = doc.getSheetByName(sheetName);
var oldHeader = sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, sheet.getLastColumn()).getValues()[0];
var newHeader = oldHeader.slice();
var fieldsFromForm = getDataColumns(e.parameters);
var row = [new Date()]; // first element in the row should always be a timestamp
// loop through the header columns
for (var i = 1; i < oldHeader.length; i++) { // start at 1 to avoid Timestamp column
var field = oldHeader[i];
var output = getFieldFromData(field, e.parameters);
row.push(output);
// mark as stored by removing from form fields
var formIndex = fieldsFromForm.indexOf(field);
if (formIndex > -1) {
fieldsFromForm.splice(formIndex, 1);
}
}
// set any new fields in our form
for (var i = 0; i < fieldsFromForm.length; i++) {
var field = fieldsFromForm[i];
var output = getFieldFromData(field, e.parameters);
row.push(output);
newHeader.push(field);
}
// more efficient to set values as [][] array than individually
var nextRow = sheet.getLastRow() + 1; // get next row
sheet.getRange(nextRow, 1, 1, row.length).setValues([row]);
// update header row with any new data
if (newHeader.length > oldHeader.length) {
sheet.getRange(1, 1, 1, newHeader.length).setValues([newHeader]);
}
}
catch(error) {
Logger.log(error);
}
finally {
lock.releaseLock();
return;
}
}
function getDataColumns(data) {
return Object.keys(data).filter(function(column) {
return !(column === 'formDataNameOrder' || column === 'formGoogleSheetName' || column === 'formGoogleSendEmail' || column === 'honeypot');
});
}
function getFieldFromData(field, data) {
var values = data[field] || '';
var output = values.join ? values.join(', ') : values;
return output;
}
Contact Form HTML
<section id="contact-form">
<form id="gform"
class="contact-form" method="post"
action="(Google Scripts URL)"
enctype="text/plain">
<p>
<label for="name">Your Name <font face="Arial" color="red">*</font></label>
<input type="text" style="height:35px;" class="heighttext required" name="name" id="name" class="required" title="* Please provide your name">
</p>
<p>
<label>Your Location <font face="Arial" color="red">*</font></label>
<select name="Location" id="column_select" style="height:35px;" class="required" title=" * Please provide your location">
<option selected value="col00">-- State --</option>
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</option>
<option value="California">California</option>
<option value="Florida">Florida</option>
</select>
<select name="City" id="layout_select" style="height:35px;">
<option disabled selected value="Florida">-- City --</option>
<option name="Alachua" value="Florida_Alachua">Alachua</option>
<option name="Alford" value="Florida_Alford">Alford</option>
</select>
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Send Message" id="submit" class="pp-btn special">
<img src="images/ajax-loader.gif" id="contact-loader" alt="Loading...">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="send_message">
</p>
</form>
</section><!-- #contact-form -->
Form Handler Javascript
(function() {
function validEmail(email) { // see:
var re = /^([\w-]+(?:\.[\w-]+)*)#((?:[\w-]+\.)*\w[\w-]{0,66})\.([a-z]{2,6}(?:\.[a-z]{2})?)$/i;
return re.test(email);
}
function validateHuman(honeypot) {
if (honeypot) { //if hidden form filled up
console.log("Robot Detected!");
return true;
} else {
console.log("Welcome Human!");
}
}
// get all data in form and return object
function getFormData() {
var form = document.getElementById("gform");
var elements = form.elements;
var fields = Object.keys(elements).filter(function(k) {
return (elements[k].name !== "honeypot");
}).map(function(k) {
if(elements[k].name !== undefined) {
return elements[k].name;
// special case for Edge's html collection
}else if(elements[k].length > 0){
return elements[k].item(0).name;
}
}).filter(function(item, pos, self) {
return self.indexOf(item) == pos && item;
});
var formData = {};
fields.forEach(function(name){
var element = elements[name];
// singular form elements just have one value
formData[name] = element.value;
// when our element has multiple items, get their values
if (element.length) {
var data = [];
for (var i = 0; i < element.length; i++) {
var item = element.item(i);
if (item.checked || item.selected) {
data.push(item.value);
}
}
formData[name] = data.join(', ');
}
});
// add form-specific values into the data
formData.formDataNameOrder = JSON.stringify(fields);
formData.formGoogleSheetName = form.dataset.sheet || "responses"; // default sheet name
formData.formGoogleSendEmail = form.dataset.email || ""; // no email by default
console.log(formData);
return formData;
}
function handleFormSubmit(event) { // handles form submit without any jquery
event.preventDefault(); // we are submitting via xhr below
var data = getFormData(); // get the values submitted in the form
/* OPTION: Remove this comment to enable SPAM prevention, see README.md
if (validateHuman(data.honeypot)) { //if form is filled, form will not be submitted
return false;
}
*/
if( data.email && !validEmail(data.email) ) { // if email is not valid show error
var invalidEmail = document.getElementById("email-invalid");
if (invalidEmail) {
invalidEmail.style.display = "block";
return false;
}
} else {
disableAllButtons(event.target);
var url = event.target.action; //
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', url);
// xhr.withCredentials = true;
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
console.log( xhr.status, xhr.statusText )
console.log(xhr.responseText);
//document.getElementById("gform").style.display = "none"; // hide form
/*
var thankYouMessage = document.getElementById("thankyou_message");
if (thankYouMessage) {
thankYouMessage.style.display = "block";
}
*/
return;
};
// url encode form data for sending as post data
var encoded = Object.keys(data).map(function(k) {
return encodeURIComponent(k) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(data[k])
}).join('&')
xhr.send(encoded);
}
}
function loaded() {
console.log("Contact form submission handler loaded successfully.");
// bind to the submit event of our form
var form = document.getElementById("gform");
form.addEventListener("submit", handleFormSubmit, false);
};
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", loaded, false);
function disableAllButtons(form) {
var buttons = form.querySelectorAll("button");
for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
buttons[i].disabled = true;
}
}
})();
finally, this is the extra code that would break if I simply tried changing the value of option to, e.g., 'Alachua' instead of 'Flordia_Alachua'. https://jsfiddle.net/hmatt843/504dgmqy/19/
Thanks for any and all help.
Try console.log(key) before if( key === 'Action'). I think you'll find that key never equals 'Action', exactly. Looks like you'll need if( key === 'action'), instead.
If you wish to remove part of string value, try the replace method: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace
It also looks like you're trying to work with elements[k].name when you mean to be working with elements[k].value.
I believe your code should look something like...
function(k) {
if(elements[k].value !== undefined) {
return elements[k].value.replace('Florida_', '');
// special case for Edge's html collection
} else if(elements[k].length > 0){
return elements[k].item(0).value.replace('Florida_', '');
}
}
... or something to that effect.
In the future, you may want to make it easier for folks trying to help you by posting only the portions of code your having trouble with, and breaking your questions into different posts. A lot to sift through up there.
Hope this helped.
The split() method splits a String object into an array of strings by separating the string into substrings, using a specified separator string to determine where to make each split.
Var splitValue = elements[k].item(0).value.split("");
splitValue[1] will give you a string of characters after the delimeter () in this case.
I'm building a tabbed for using a mixture of JavaScript and CSS. So far I have validation on my text inputs that ensure a user can't progress unless data has been input.
I have got it working so that my script detected unchecked radios, but the problem is that I want the user to only select one. At the moment even when one gets selected the script won't let you progress because it's seeing the other three as unchecked. How could I add a rule to look at the radios and set valid = true if one is selected - if more or less than 1 then fail?
my function:
function validateForm() {
// This function deals with validation of the form fields
var x, y, i, valid = true;
x = document.getElementsByClassName("tab");
y = x[currentTab].getElementsByTagName("input");
// A loop that checks every input field in the current tab:
for (i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
// If a field is empty...
if (y[i].type === "text") {
if (y[i].value == "") {
// add an "invalid" class to the field:
y[i].classList.add('invalid');
// and set the current valid status to false:
valid = false;
} else if (!y[i].value == "") {
y[i].classList.remove('invalid');
valid = true;
}
}
if (y[i].type === 'radio') {
//y[i].classList.remove('invalid');
//valid = true;
if (!y[i].checked) {
y[i].classList.add('invalid');
valid = false;
} else {
y[i].classList.remove('invalid');
valid = true;
}
}
}
// If the valid status is true, mark the step as finished and valid:
if (valid) {
document.getElementsByClassName("step")[currentTab].className += " finish";
}
return valid; // return the valid status
}
Do I need to split the validation down into further functions to separate validating different field types?
I think that radio buttons are the way to go. Especially from a UI point of view. Why would you let the user pick more than one item only to tell them later they can't?
Having said that, you can do what you're trying to do with something like this:
function validateForm() {
var checkBoxHolders = document.querySelectorAll(".checkboxholder");
var valid = true;
for (var i = 0; i < checkBoxHolders.length; i++) {
var numChecked = checkBoxHolders[i].querySelectorAll("input[type='checkbox']:checked").length;
if (numChecked === 1) {
checkBoxHolders[i].classList.remove('invalid');
} else {
checkBoxHolders[i].classList.add('invalid');
}
valid = valid && numChecked === 1;
}
document.getElementById('valid').innerHTML = 'I am valid: ' + valid;
}
.invalid {
background-color: orange;
}
<input type="text" id='foo'>
<input type="text" id='bar'>
<div class='checkboxholder'>
First group
<input type="checkbox" id='check1'>
<input type="checkbox" id='check2'>
</div>
<div class='checkboxholder'>
Second group
<input type="checkbox" id='check3'>
<input type="checkbox" id='check4'>
</div>
<button type='button' onclick='validateForm()'>Validate me</button>
<div id='valid'>
</div>
With jQuery, it'd be something like:
if (jQuery('input[name=RadiosGroupName]:checked').length === 0) {
valid = false;
}
I want to show error validation messages next to the textbox. For that, I have used after() function and inserted a div. But the div gets appended again and again whenever the field is invalid. I just want it once. Can anybody help me with it?
Here's my code:
$(document).ready(function()
{
$("#name").blur(function()
{
var name = $("#name").val();
var txt= /^[A-Za-z\s]+$/i ;
if((txt.test(name) != true))
{
$("#name").after('<div id="one" style="color:#00aaff;">Invalid Name</div>');
$("#one").empty();
}
else
{
$("#one").remove();
}
});
});
You could use HTML 5 field's validity which is the standard.
<input type="text" pattern="[a-zA-Z]+"
oninvalid="setCustomValidity('Your error message here')"
onchange="setCustomValidity('')" />
You should use additional variable to store your state. Try this logic.
$(document).ready(function() {
var flag = false;
$("#name").blur(function() {
var name = $("#name").val();
var txt = /^[A-Za-z\s]+$/i;
if (!txt.test(name) && !flag) {
$("#name").after('<div id="one" style="color:#00aaff;">Invalid Name</div>');
flag = true;
}
else if (flag && txt.test(name)) {
flag = false
$("#one").remove();
}
});
});
I'm trying to have two functions checking each form input, one for onchange() and the other for onkeypress(); my reason for this would be to show if the input was valid once you leave the input field using onchange() or onblur(), and the I also wanted to check if the input field was ever empty, to remove the message indicating that bad input was entered using onkeypress() so that it would update without having to leave the field (if the user were to delete what they had in response to the warning message.)
It simply isn't working the way I intended, so I was wondering if there was something obviously wrong.
My code looks like this:
<form action="database.php" method = post>
Username
<input type='text' id='un' onchange="checkname()" onkeypress="checkempty(id)" />
<div id="name"></div><br>
.....
</form>
And the Javascript:
<script type="text/javascript">
function checkname() {
var name = document.getElementById("un").value;
var pattern = /^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]{3,19}$/;
if (name.search(pattern) == -1) {
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = "wrong";
}
else {
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = "right!";
}
}
function checkempty(id) {
var temp = document.getElementById(id).value;
if (!temp) {
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = '';
}
}
</script>
Per your clarification in the comments, I would suggest using the onkeyup event instead of onkeypress (onkeypress only tracks keys that generate characters - backspace does not). Switching events will allow you to validate when the user presses backspace.
Here's a working fiddle.
Edit:
See this SO question for further clarification: Why doesn't keypress handle the delete key and the backspace key
This function should below should check for empty field;
function checkempty(id) {
var temp = document.getElementById(id).value;
if(temp === '' || temp.length ===0){
alert('The field is empty');
return;
}
}
//This should work for check name function
function checkname() {
var name = document.getElementById("un").value;
var pattern = /^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]{3,19}$/;
if (!name.test(pattern)) {
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = "wrong";
}
else {
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = "right!";
}
}
I have form field and that form field gets submitted to the next page with the following javascript code.., the code is working fine in firefox but the form not getting submited in internet explorer.
function addarray(formId)
{
var ara = tmm.length;
//alert(ara);
for(var sds=0; sds < tmm.length; sds++)
{
var sss = tmm[sds];;
ara = ara+"*#*#*"+sss;
//alert(ara);
if(sss <= 0)
{
alert("\n\n\nYou should have atleast one submenu \n for each main menu \n\n");
return false;
}
}
var ddf = document.blcname.getElementsByTagName("input");
var i = 0;
while(i < ddf.length)
{
var dddd = ddf[i].type;
var vla = ddf[i].value;
//alert(i+"----"+vla+"-----"+dddd);
if(dddd=="text"){
if(vla == "")
{
//alert("Please fill all the required fields....");
return false;
}
}
i=i+1;
}
var setform = document.getElementById('arav');
setform.value = ara;
var formObj = document.getElementById(formId);
formObj.action = "get-code.php";
formObj.submit();
//document.blcname.submit();
}
thanks in advance
Try alternate ways of getting to this form. Give the form HTML id and a name attribute
Also watch out if you're using frames and the form is inside of a frame.
eg.
document.forms[0].submit() //if its the first form in the document
document.forms[1].submit() //if its the second form in the document
document.formName.submit() //using the name attribute.