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wvm2008
wvm2008

Reputation: 3034

Submit form with jquery, ajax, can't get success callback

Alright, I'm pretty close on this, but I need a bit of help getting over the hump. I'm trying to submit a form via AJAX, in a rails app, which sends an email, and then executes some code on success. When I hit enter on my form, the AJAX is working, because I'm getting the email. However, the success code isn't running (nor the error for that matter). I also tried 'complete:' but that didn't work, so I suspect it may be some problem with the default form behavior? Ideas?

Here is the ajax:

// AJAX Function to submit email form without refreshing page
$("#contact_me").submit(function(){
    var dataSet = $(this).serialize();
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: $(this).attr("action"),
        data: dataSet,
        success: function(){
            alert("Sent!");
        },
        error: function(){
            alert("Something went wrong!");
        }
    });

    return false;
})

And the rails action which it calls:

def email_me
    name = params[:name]
    email = params[:email]
    content = params[:text]

    ContactMailer.first_contact(name, email, content).deliver

    head :ok
end

Also, the form itself

<%= form_tag({controller: "main", action: "email_me"}, id: "contact_me", remote: "true") do %>
    <div>
        <p><%= label_tag(:name, "Name") %>
        <%= text_field_tag(:name) %></p>
    </div>
    <div>
        <p><%= label_tag(:email, "Email") %>
        <%= email_field(:user, :email) %></p>
    </div>
    <div>
        <p><%= label_tag(:text, "What's on your mind?") %></p>
        <%= text_area_tag(:text)%>
    </div>

    <%= submit_tag("Say Hello!")%>
<% end %>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2208

Answers (4)

wvm2008
wvm2008

Reputation: 3034

It's really the little things that end up causing the biggest problems. I forgot to wrap the whole function in a function(){..}. Go figure, works great now. Thanks for the help all.

$(function(){
    $("#contact_me").submit(function(){
        var dataSet = $(this).serialize();
        $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: $(this).attr("action"),
            data: dataSet,
            complete: function(){
                alert("Sent!");
            },
            error: function(){
                alert("Something went wrong!");
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
})

Upvotes: 2

Kenny Bania
Kenny Bania

Reputation: 637

Try rendering blank json instead, as your JS is expecting a JSON response.

render :json => {}

Upvotes: 0

Patrick
Patrick

Reputation: 575

Your rails app should return JSON. You are ajaxing a JSON request, it should be a JSON response. I hope this helps.

Upvotes: 0

dain
dain

Reputation: 6689

Completely random guess so forgive me if it's ridiculous, could it be render :nothing => true preventing Rails to fire the callback?

Upvotes: 0

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