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Jim Diroff II
Jim Diroff II

Reputation: 214

Replacing form action with custom URL

Learning HTML and JavaScript, I'm trying to form a custom URL for an API request, based on input submitted via a form. I've been able to craft most of the URL, but I'm having an issue getting the URL string to concatenate past the '?' when submitting the action. I made it this far based on documentation and forum posts alone, but cannot figure out how to complete this action and just wanted to ask someone.

<div id="stock_quote_iex">
    <form id="get_stock_quote_form" onsubmit="get_stock_quote()" method="GET">
        <p>Enter Symbol and API Key</p>
        <input id="symbol" type="text" placeholder="Symbol">
        <input id="api_key" type="text" placeholder="API_KEY">
        <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>
</div>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function get_stock_quote()
    {
        var form = document.getElementById('get_stock_quote_form')
        var symbol = document.getElementById('symbol').value
        var api_key = document.getElementById('api_key').value
        var action_src = "https://sandbox.iexapis.com/stable/stock/" + symbol + "/quote?token=" + api_key

        form.action = action_src;
    }
</script>

Example inputs:
symbol = NFLX
API_KEY = pk_s0m3rand0mphra5e

Expected output:
https://sandbox.iexapis.com/stable/stock/NFLX/quote?token=pk_s0m3rand0mphra5e

Actual output:
https://sandbox.iexapis.com/stable/stock/NFLX/quote?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1473

Answers (1)

Jim Diroff II
Jim Diroff II

Reputation: 214

Corrected by removing the query parameter token from the string concatenation, and using it in the name attribute on api_key instead.

<div id="stock_quote_iex">
    <form id="get_stock_quote_form" onsubmit="get_stock_quote()" method="GET">
        <p>Enter Symbol and API Key</p>
        <input id="symbol" type="text" placeholder="Symbol">
        <input id="api_key" name="token" type="text" placeholder="API_KEY">
        <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>
</div>

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
    function get_stock_quote()
    {
        var form = document.getElementById('get_stock_quote_form')
        var symbol = document.getElementById('symbol').value
        var action_src = "https://sandbox.iexapis.com/stable/stock/" + symbol + "/quote"

        form.action = action_src;
    }
</script>

Upvotes: 1

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