How to perform a POST method using jQuery Ajax

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by vigneshchennai74 dot icon Updated: Mar 28, 2023

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Performing a POST method using jQuery Ajax involves sending data from a web page to a server using the HTTP POST method, which is typically used to create or update data on the server. jQuery Ajax provides an easy way to perform POST requests from a web page without having to reload the page.


To perform a POST request using jQuery Ajax, you need to use the $.ajax() method and set the type parameter to 'POST'. You also need to specify the URL of the server-side script that will handle the request, and provide any data that you want to send to the server in the data parameter.


Performing a POST method using jQuery Ajax helps to create dynamic web applications that can communicate with servers without reloading the page. This allows for a more seamless and responsive user experience. Additionally, using Ajax requests can help to improve the performance of your web application by reducing the amount of data that needs to be loaded and reducing the number of page refreshes.

Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE

Code

In this solution we have used $.ajax() function .$.ajax() is a function in jQuery that allows you to make Ajax requests to a server using JavaScript

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
            media="all" />
        <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-formhelpers/2.3.0/css/bootstrap-formhelpers.min.css" rel="stylesheet"
            type="text/css" media="all" />
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-formhelpers/2.3.0/js/bootstrap-formhelpers.min.js"></script>

</head>
<body>
<form name="contactPage" id="contactPage" class="form-email">

            <input type="text" class="form-control input-lg input-sm validate-required" id="name" placeholder="Contact Person" />
            <div class="form-group">
                <select class="form-control input-lg bfh-countries wrapper-dropdown-2 validate-required" id="dd" data-country="US"></select>
            </div>
            <input type="text" class="form-control input-lg validate-required" id="contactNum" placeholder="Contact Number" />
            <input type="text" class="form-control input-lg validate-required validate-email" id="email" placeholder="Email Address" />
            <input type="time" class="form-group form-control input-lg validate-required" id="time" placeholder="Time" />
            <input type="submit" class="form-group form-control" value="Contact"/>
        </form>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){

     $(function(){
        $("#contactPage").submit(function(event){
            event.preventDefault();
            $.ajax({
                    url:'url.php',
                    type:'POST',
                    data:$(this).serialize(),
                    success:function(result){
                       alert(result);
                    }
            });
        });
    });
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

Instructions

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Enviroment Tested

Tested this solution in the following versions. Be mindful of changes when working with other versions.

  • Visual Studio Code Version 1.76.0


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