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Lucifer N.
Lucifer N.

Reputation: 1056

Javascript - how to create a form element and submit?

I need to redirect to a different page when a JS process instantiated on the current one is complete. Problem is only JS knows when it is complete, and I'm using Python (Flask) as the web framework. I thought of creating a form element sort of like a "submit" button(which the Python app can listen for) and just sending that upon completion How can I go about this, or is there a better way?(I'm assuming it requires some jQuery magic)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (2)

HarryFink
HarryFink

Reputation: 1010

Try something like this:

window.location.replace("http://example.com");

or this:

window.location.href = "http://example.com";

Upvotes: 2

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 5340

I use jQuery,

var url = '/..url to post..', dataMap = {
    a : 1,
    b : 2
};

//create a form
var $form = $('<form>').appendTo(document.body);

//set action, target, method
$form.attr({
    action : url,
    target : '_blank',
    method : 'POST'
});

//create inputs,
for ( var k in dataMap) {
    $('<input type="hidden" />').attr('name', k).val(dataMap[k]).appendTo($form);
}

$form.submit();
$form.remove();

Upvotes: 0

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