I have a form which contains four fields, the file, the name, the type (just a string) and the taskInstanceId.
<form>
<table id="documentDetailsTable">
<tr>
<td>Document Type: </td>
<td><select id="documentType" name="type"> </select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Document Name:
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="documentName" name="name"/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="newFile">
<td>
Choose a file:
</td>
<td>
<input type="file" name="file" />
</td>
</table>
<input type="text" style="display: none;" name="taskInstanceId" id="taskInstanceId">
<input id="uploadButton" value="Upload" type="submit"/>
<input class="closeButton" id="closeNew" value="Close" type="button"/>
</form>
If I submit this form it will connect to my FileUploadController and the file will upload.
@RequestMapping(value = "/formTask.do", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public ModelAndView handleFormTaskUpload(@RequestParam("name") String name,
@RequestParam("type") String type,
@RequestParam("file") MultipartFile file,
@RequestParam("taskInstanceId") int taskInstanceId)...//rest of the code
Now I would like to submit this form using jquery/json instead so that I can return a string indicating a successful upload and then display a dialog on the page indicating this. (I don't want to return a new ModelAndView).
So using the same html form I create a new Controller function...
@RequestMapping(value = "/formTask2.json", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String handleFormTaskUpload2(UploadTaskDocument myNewUpload)).../rest of the code
Now I would like to submit the form above using jQuery. My attempt is here.
This function is called everytime the file is changed.
function prepareUpload(event)
{
files = event.target.files;
}
And this one is called when the form is submitted.
function uploadFiles(event)
{
event.stopPropagation(); // Stop stuff happening
event.preventDefault(); // Totally stop stuff happening
var data;
data = {
documentName: $("#documentName").val(),
documentType: $("#documentType").val(),
taskInstanceId: selectedTaskInstanceId,
uploadedfiles: files
};
var json = JSON.stringify(data);
$.ajax({
url: '/SafeSiteLive/formTask2.json',
type: 'POST',
data: json,
cache: false,
dataType: 'json',
processData: false, // Don't process the files
contentType: false, // Set content type to false as jQuery will tell the server its a query string request
success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR)
{
if (typeof data.error === 'undefined')
{
// Success so call function to process the form
//submitForm(event, data);
}
else
{
// Handle errors here
console.log('ERRORS: ' + data.error);
}
},
error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown)
{
// Handle errors here
console.log('ERRORS: ' + textStatus);
// STOP LOADING SPINNER
}
});
}
The Json data looks like this before it's posted...
But once it reaches the server everything is null...