using ajax form send in revolution

hello

i was trying to send a form from frontend with mootools ajax
from the docs i understood i have to use connectors for ajax requests
but url i have to give in the javascript
i have created connectors.php like in myassets components directory
require_once dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))))).’/config.core.php’;
require_once MODX_CORE_PATH.’config/’.MODX_CONFIG_KEY.’.inc.php’;
require_once MODX_CONNECTORS_PATH.’index.php’;

require_once MODX_BASE_PATH.’trunk/core/components/mycomponent/model/component.class.php’;
$modx->mycompo= new Mycompo($modx);

if (isset($_REQUEST[’resource’])) {
$modx->resource = $modx->getObject(’modResource’,$_REQUEST[’resource’]);
}

/* handle request */
$path = $modx->getOption(’processors_path’,$modx->comments->config,$modx->getOption(’base_path’).’trunk/core/components/mycomponent/processors/’);
$modx->request->handleRequest(array(
’processors_path’ => $path,
’location’ => ’’,
));

but my actual script is in processors directory
my example js code look like this
var myRequest = new Request({url: ’http://localhost/some_url/processors/create.php’}).send(’......’);
i am confused about this
so what URL i have to give in the javascript url?

please help me here

thanks
venu

According to your code, the URL should be wherever you put that connector file.

Then you’ll pass an ’action’ request variable, which will then point to the correct processor. IOW, a processor at processors/item/create would be an action of ’item/create’.

thanks for the reply

iam not sure if i understood correctly or not

i have given action as web/create in the jscode

code is here
var jsonRequest = new Request.JSON({url: "trunk/assets/components/mycomponent/connector.php", onSuccess: function(responce){
alert(responce);
}}).get({’action’: ’web/create’});

the request is forwarded to connector like this
http://localhost/modx/trunk/assets/components/mycomponent/connector.php?action=web%2Fcreate

in the connector i have given like this
$path = $modx->getOption(’processors_path’,$modx->mycompo->config,$modx->getOption(’base_path’).’trunk/core/components/mycomponent/processors/’);
$modx->request->handleRequest(array(
’processors_path’ => $path,
’location’ => ’’,
));

iam not sure how this will redirect to the trunk/core/components/mycomponent/processors/web/create.php

iam not getting any response from the create.php not sure does the ajax request is forwarded to create.php or not

let me know did i made any mistake here?

Thanks

Is the root URL of your site actually
http://localhost/modx/trunk/
?

base_url is localhost/modx
the trunk is new component folder where iam working on modx component

any suggestions please? re: the ajax request

Im also interested in the same.

If this is front-end, IMO, you could just use a Resource with a Snippet on it to handle AJAX requests/responses; much, much simpler and more elegant from my perspective. Connectors were intended for back-end functionality to be exposed across Contexts (i.e. for things like front-end editing components to make use of). Creating a new Connector for each component that has AJAX functionality exposed is not the proper approach. But again, this is just my opinion and YMMV.

Quote from: tourshi at Apr 28, 2010, 08:04 AM

Im also interested in the same.

are you able to run ajax with mootools
i was able to

just give connector url from the snippet or class or request as i did in the web request class
$this->modx->regClientStartupHTMLBlock(’<script type="text/javascript">
var connector_url="’.$this->comments->config[’connector_url’].’";
</script>’);

in the form i have given action as hidden field and posted along with form like
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="place where ur processor file is (i have given action/create)">
if you just want to use ajax without forms or any then you can use request.send(action=’web/create’); below


var request=new Request({
url: connector_url,
method:’post’,
data: $(’the div form’),
onSuccess: function(responce) {
if(responce==’success’){
alert(responce);
}
}
});
request.send();

i hope this will be helpful for you
i am working on complete tutorial on ajax next week and update you here

thanks
venu

Is there running documentation on using Ajax with Revo ? Is similar to doing it with Evo (Evo has an Ajax wiki)

If there isn’t i’ll maintain my patience : )