Async help, loadJSONdoc and evalJSONrequest

[Adam Yee]

Hi all, I'm a newbie to MochiKit and JS, so bare with me if there are
syntax errors or design flaws.

I'm trying to achieve simple AJAX functionality (using JSON) by
submitting a single form input and displaying the input asynchronously
with .innerHTML.

My code (testpage.html and controllers.py):
http://dpaste.com/hold/56577/

The connect('form', 'onsubmit', submitClicked) doesn't seem to be
doing anything. The json.dumps(d) is doing its job - when submit is
clicked, the page refreshes with only {"insert": "whatever text
here"}. I can't figure out how to json.loads properly, but if I can't
get the JS to work, the the server side script won't receive any
json. So my struggle is in sending the xmlhttprequest.

Thank you for helping,
Adam

[Imri Goldberg]

Hi
Try to do the connect after the page has loaded. Use addLoadEvent for that.
So your code will look something like that:

function bla() {
    connect(...);
}

addLoadEvent(bla);

Some other issues:
If you are using ajax, you don't really need form actions, the clicking submit will do a regular (non-ajax) POST.
I usually connect to onclick if I want ajax.

It seems that you are using turbogears 2. I'm using turbogears1, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but in tg1 you can do expose("json"), and return a regular dict.

If you need further help with that, I'll be glad to help you off-list.

Cheers,
Imri

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