simple example with jQuery On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Paulo Pinto <pjmlp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You cannot do JSON POST directly from forms. > > The only way is via Ajax requests. > > So you need to bind the click event for the "Ok" button to a JavaScript > function that calls the > server side with an Ajax call. > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Kevin Jenkins > <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Sorry for not being clear. I'm OK on the server side because I'm writing >> it in Java and am using json-lib to read the body of the post. But for >> testing I want to write a webpage that can do a POST from an HTML form >> >> <form> >> First name: <input type="text" name="firstname"><br> >> Last name: <input type="text" name="lastname"><br> >> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> >> </form> >> >> With that code the body is not in JSON format. I was wondering if there >> was a simple way to make any form put the body in JSON format. Or lacking >> that, at least how to hand-craft it so that it is. I found some javascript >> code online but it didn't work, that is what I was alluding to. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Michael Croghan <mcroghan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > wrote: >> >>> Didn't think about server side. :) >>> >>> One way half-a-dozen ways depending on what specifically you're trying >>> to do. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>> >>>> btw... a sly trick i use sometimes when i have http questions of this >>>> sort is i'll go ask on the libcurl mailing list (shh) >>>> >>>> People tend not to consider it off topic, and they will actually think >>>> that you are trying to achieve something with libcurl (mostly i am, >>>> but not always) - and there's a lot of super knowledgeable people >>>> there with regards to this sort of thing. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> wrote: >>>> > i think it partly depends on the server understanding your intentions >>>> > (ie apache vs IIS vs WCF even, are different if i recall correctly), >>>> > but the official content-type is "application/json" according to the >>>> > RFCs >>>> > >>>> > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4627 >>>> > >>>> > doesn't do a lick of good if that doesn't work for you though (: >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Kevin Jenkins >>>> > <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >> Does anyone know how to do an HTML form POST using JSON format? I >>>> searched >>>> >> online but couldn't find any clear explanations or source-code that >>>> actually >>>> >> worked. >>>> >>>> --------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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