On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 12:34 AM Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So I have now added some data to the "rescind emeritus request" button [1].
> This data is the file name from the emeritus_request, and it is also now data
> available to the submit function. (If there is a better way to do this,
> please let me know.)
>
> The data is read in the submit function [2]. But it doesn't work. What is the
> right way to send additional data fields in the POST request? I have verified
> via the console log that the data (emeritus_file_name) is proper, but I get
> an exception trying to put it into the formData.
> TypeError: undefined is not an object (evaluating 'formData.push') line 371
Move line 371 after what is line 374 in the code below.
> What I'm trying to do is to have the file name available to the
> memstat.json.rb file that handles the POST request. Is the entire committer
> transmitted on the POST, or just the few changed fields?
>
> Thanks,
> Craig
- Sam Ruby
> [1] if (owner)
> if committer.member.status.include? 'Active'
> emeritus_file_name = committer.forms['emeritus_request']
> if committer.forms['emeritus_request']
> console.log('owner emeritus file is: ' +
> committer.forms['emeritus_request'])
> _button.btn.btn_primary 'rescind emeritus request',
> data_emeritus_file_name:emeritus_file_name,
> name: 'action', value: 'rescind_emeritus'
> else
> _button.btn.btn_primary 'request emeritus status',
> name: 'action', value: 'request_emeritus'
> end
> elsif committer.member.status.include? 'Emeritus'
> _button.btn.btn_primary 'request reinstatement',
> name: 'action', value: 'request_reinstatement'
> end
>
> [2] # submit form using AJAX
> def submit(event)
> event.preventDefault()
> form = jQuery(event.currentTarget).closest('form')
> target = event.target
>
> # if (cancel) button is pressed, don't submit but remove @edit form
> cancel_submit = target.getAttribute('data-cancel-submit')
>
> if cancel_submit
> # remove the edit buttons and return
> @edit = nil
> return
> end
>
> # if additional data, add it to formData
> emeritus_file_name = target.getAttribute('data-emeritus-file-name')
> console.log('submit emeritus_file_name: ' + emeritus_file_name)
> if emeritus_file_name
> 371: formData.push name: 'emeritusfilename', value: emeritus_file_name
> end
> # serialize form
> formData = form.serializeArray();
>
> # add button if it has a value
> if target and target.getAttribute('name') and target.getAttribute('value')
> formData.push name: target.getAttribute('name'),
> value: target.getAttribute('value')
> end
>
>
> Craig L Russell
> c...@apache.org
>
