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String param in a REST service using POST method [duplicate]

In the code below, the AngularJS $http method calls the URL, and submits the xsrf object as a "Request Payload" (as described in the Chrome debugger network tab). The jQuery $.ajax method does the same call, but submits xsrf as "Form Data".
How can I make AngularJS submit xsrf as form data instead of a request payload?
var url = 'http://somewhere.com/';
var xsrf = {fkey: 'xsrf key'};
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: url,
data: xsrf
}).success(function () {});
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: url,
data: xsrf,
dataType: 'json',
success: function() {}
});

The following line needs to be added to the $http object that is passed:
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'}
And the data passed should be converted to a URL-encoded string:
> $.param({fkey: "key"})
'fkey=key'
So you have something like:
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: url,
data: $.param({fkey: "key"}),
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'}
})
From: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/angular/5nAedJ1LyO0/4Vj_72EZcDsJ
UPDATE
To use new services added with AngularJS V1.4, see
URL-encoding variables using only AngularJS services

If you do not want to use jQuery in the solution you could try this. Solution nabbed from here https://stackoverflow.com/a/1714899/1784301
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: url,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
transformRequest: function(obj) {
var str = [];
for(var p in obj)
str.push(encodeURIComponent(p) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(obj[p]));
return str.join("&");
},
data: xsrf
}).success(function () {});

I took a few of the other answers and made something a bit cleaner, put this .config() call on the end of your angular.module in your app.js:
.config(['$httpProvider', function ($httpProvider) {
// Intercept POST requests, convert to standard form encoding
$httpProvider.defaults.headers.post["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
$httpProvider.defaults.transformRequest.unshift(function (data, headersGetter) {
var key, result = [];
if (typeof data === "string")
return data;
for (key in data) {
if (data.hasOwnProperty(key))
result.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(data[key]));
}
return result.join("&");
});
}]);

As of AngularJS v1.4.0, there is a built-in $httpParamSerializer service that converts any object to a part of a HTTP request according to the rules that are listed on the docs page.
It can be used like this:
$http.post('http://example.com', $httpParamSerializer(formDataObj)).
success(function(data){/* response status 200-299 */}).
error(function(data){/* response status 400-999 */});
Remember that for a correct form post, the Content-Type header must be changed. To do this globally for all POST requests, this code (taken from Albireo's half-answer) can be used:
$http.defaults.headers.post["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
To do this only for the current post, the headers property of the request-object needs to be modified:
var req = {
method: 'POST',
url: 'http://example.com',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
data: $httpParamSerializer(formDataObj)
};
$http(req);

You can define the behavior globally:
$http.defaults.headers.post["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
So you don't have to redefine it every time:
$http.post("/handle/post", {
foo: "FOO",
bar: "BAR"
}).success(function (data, status, headers, config) {
// TODO
}).error(function (data, status, headers, config) {
// TODO
});

As a workaround you can simply make the code receiving the POST respond to application/json data. For PHP I added the code below, allowing me to POST to it in either form-encoded or JSON.
//handles JSON posted arguments and stuffs them into $_POST
//angular's $http makes JSON posts (not normal "form encoded")
$content_type_args = explode(';', $_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE']); //parse content_type string
if ($content_type_args[0] == 'application/json')
$_POST = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'),true);
//now continue to reference $_POST vars as usual

These answers look like insane overkill, sometimes, simple is just better:
$http.post(loginUrl, "userName=" + encodeURIComponent(email) +
"&password=" + encodeURIComponent(password) +
"&grant_type=password"
).success(function (data) {
//...

You can try with below solution
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: url-post,
data: data-post-object-json,
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'},
transformRequest: function(obj) {
var str = [];
for (var key in obj) {
if (obj[key] instanceof Array) {
for(var idx in obj[key]){
var subObj = obj[key][idx];
for(var subKey in subObj){
str.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + "[" + idx + "][" + encodeURIComponent(subKey) + "]=" + encodeURIComponent(subObj[subKey]));
}
}
}
else {
str.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(obj[key]));
}
}
return str.join("&");
}
}).success(function(response) {
/* Do something */
});

Create an adapter service for post:
services.service('Http', function ($http) {
var self = this
this.post = function (url, data) {
return $http({
method: 'POST',
url: url,
data: $.param(data),
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
})
}
})
Use it in your controllers or whatever:
ctrls.controller('PersonCtrl', function (Http /* our service */) {
var self = this
self.user = {name: "Ozgur", eMail: null}
self.register = function () {
Http.post('/user/register', self.user).then(function (r) {
//response
console.log(r)
})
}
})

There is a really nice tutorial that goes over this and other related stuff - Submitting AJAX Forms: The AngularJS Way.
Basically, you need to set the header of the POST request to indicate that you are sending form data as a URL encoded string, and set the data to be sent the same format
$http({
method : 'POST',
url : 'url',
data : $.param(xsrf), // pass in data as strings
headers : { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } // set the headers so angular passing info as form data (not request payload)
});
Note that jQuery's param() helper function is used here for serialising the data into a string, but you can do this manually as well if not using jQuery.

var fd = new FormData();
fd.append('file', file);
$http.post(uploadUrl, fd, {
transformRequest: angular.identity,
headers: {'Content-Type': undefined}
})
.success(function(){
})
.error(function(){
});
Please checkout!
https://uncorkedstudios.com/blog/multipartformdata-file-upload-with-angularjs

For Symfony2 users:
If you don't want to change anything in your javascript for this to work you can do these modifications in you symfony app:
Create a class that extends Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request class:
<?php
namespace Acme\Test\MyRequest;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ParameterBag;
class MyRequest extends Request{
/**
* Override and extend the createFromGlobals function.
*
*
*
* #return Request A new request
*
* #api
*/
public static function createFromGlobals()
{
// Get what we would get from the parent
$request = parent::createFromGlobals();
// Add the handling for 'application/json' content type.
if(0 === strpos($request->headers->get('CONTENT_TYPE'), 'application/json')){
// The json is in the content
$cont = $request->getContent();
$json = json_decode($cont);
// ParameterBag must be an Array.
if(is_object($json)) {
$json = (array) $json;
}
$request->request = new ParameterBag($json);
}
return $request;
}
}
Now use you class in app_dev.php (or any index file that you use)
// web/app_dev.php
$kernel = new AppKernel('dev', true);
// $kernel->loadClassCache();
$request = ForumBundleRequest::createFromGlobals();
// use your class instead
// $request = Request::createFromGlobals();
$response = $kernel->handle($request);
$response->send();
$kernel->terminate($request, $response);

Just set Content-Type is not enough, url encode form data before send.
$http.post(url, jQuery.param(data))

I'm currently using the following solution I found in the AngularJS google group.
$http
.post('/echo/json/', 'json=' + encodeURIComponent(angular.toJson(data)), {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8'
}
}).success(function(data) {
$scope.data = data;
});
Note that if you're using PHP, you'll need to use something like Symfony 2 HTTP component's Request::createFromGlobals() to read this, as $_POST won't automatically loaded with it.

AngularJS is doing it right as it doing the following content-type inside the http-request header:
Content-Type: application/json
If you are going with php like me, or even with Symfony2 you can simply extend your server compatibility for the json standard like described here: http://silex.sensiolabs.org/doc/cookbook/json_request_body.html
The Symfony2 way (e.g. inside your DefaultController):
$request = $this->getRequest();
if (0 === strpos($request->headers->get('Content-Type'), 'application/json')) {
$data = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
$request->request->replace(is_array($data) ? $data : array());
}
var_dump($request->request->all());
The advantage would be, that you dont need to use jQuery param and you could use AngularJS its native way of doing such requests.

Complete answer (since angular 1.4). You need to include de dependency $httpParamSerializer
var res = $resource(serverUrl + 'Token', { }, {
save: { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } }
});
res.save({ }, $httpParamSerializer({ param1: 'sdsd', param2: 'sdsd' }), function (response) {
}, function (error) {
});

In your app config -
$httpProvider.defaults.transformRequest = function (data) {
if (data === undefined)
return data;
var clonedData = $.extend(true, {}, data);
for (var property in clonedData)
if (property.substr(0, 1) == '$')
delete clonedData[property];
return $.param(clonedData);
};
With your resource request -
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

This isn't a direct answer, but rather a slightly different design direction:
Do not post the data as a form, but as a JSON object to be directly mapped to server-side object, or use REST style path variable
Now I know neither option might be suitable in your case since you're trying to pass a XSRF key. Mapping it into a path variable like this is a terrible design:
http://www.someexample.com/xsrf/{xsrfKey}
Because by nature you would want to pass xsrf key to other path too, /login, /book-appointment etc. and you don't want to mess your pretty URL
Interestingly adding it as an object field isn't appropriate either, because now on each of json object you pass to server you have to add the field
{
appointmentId : 23,
name : 'Joe Citizen',
xsrf : '...'
}
You certainly don't want to add another field on your server-side class which does not have a direct semantic association with the domain object.
In my opinion the best way to pass your xsrf key is via a HTTP header. Many xsrf protection server-side web framework library support this. For example in Java Spring, you can pass it using X-CSRF-TOKEN header.
Angular's excellent capability of binding JS object to UI object means we can get rid of the practice of posting form all together, and post JSON instead. JSON can be easily de-serialized into server-side object and support complex data structures such as map, arrays, nested objects, etc.
How do you post array in a form payload? Maybe like this:
shopLocation=downtown&daysOpen=Monday&daysOpen=Tuesday&daysOpen=Wednesday
or this:
shopLocation=downtwon&daysOpen=Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday
Both are poor design..

This is what I am doing for my need, Where I need to send the login data to API as form data and the Javascript Object(userData) is getting converted automatically to URL encoded data
var deferred = $q.defer();
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: apiserver + '/authenticate',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
transformRequest: function (obj) {
var str = [];
for (var p in obj)
str.push(encodeURIComponent(p) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(obj[p]));
return str.join("&");
},
data: userData
}).success(function (response) {
//logics
deferred.resolve(response);
}).error(function (err, status) {
deferred.reject(err);
});
This how my Userdata is
var userData = {
grant_type: 'password',
username: loginData.userName,
password: loginData.password
}

The only thin you have to change is to use property "params" rather than "data" when you create your $http object:
$http({
method: 'POST',
url: serviceUrl + '/ClientUpdate',
params: { LangUserId: userId, clientJSON: clients[i] },
})
In the example above clients[i] is just JSON object (not serialized in any way). If you use "params" rather than "data" angular will serialize the object for you using $httpParamSerializer: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/service/$httpParamSerializer

Use AngularJS $http service and use its post method or configure $http function.

How to include multiple rendered JSP into response to AJAX?

I need to send ajax request to java back-end and to response (from java back-end) with two html-blocks as answer. I want to generate those two html-blocks using two different JSPs. I do this as following:
req.setAttribute(...);
...
resp.setContentType("text/html");
RequestDispatcher dispatcher = req.getRequestDispatcher("one.jsp");
dispatcher.include(req, resp);
dispatcher = req.getRequestDispatcher("two.jsp");
dispatcher.include(req, resp);
And it works. But on the front-end I receive an answer like one solid html code (rendered one.jsp + rendered two.jsp). But I need to receive it as two separate html blocks to put each block to it's own .
What is the proper way to do this?
Ajax code:
function addNew() {
var request = $.ajax({
url: "myUrl",
type: "post",
dataType: "html",
success: function(data) {
$("#divNameOne").html(<one part of data>);
$("#divNameTwo").html(<second part of data>);
},
error:function() {
alert("fail");
}
});
}

In your success function ,
var reponseHtml = $(data); // or you can use $($.parseHtml(data));
$("#divNameOne").html(responseHtml.find("#div1").html());
$("#divNameTwo").html(responseHtml.find("#div2").html());
It might work.

AngularJS and Servlet integration

I'm trying to call a function that returns me a json object from a servlet through a link.
My HTML link, call fTest function:
<td>ver</td>
My controller:
app.controller('minaplantaCtrl', function($scope, $http, $window) {
$scope.fTest = function(idDescarga){
$http.get("http://localhost:8080/BD_INTEGRADA/UnionMinaPlanta?idDescarga="+idDescarga)
.success(function (response) {$scope.descargas = response.descargas;});
$window.alert(JSON.stringify($scope.descargas));
};
});
when I press for the first time the link appears "undefined" in the alert
but when I press a second time if I can see the json object that returns in the alert
What may be happening when I press first the link? please help
thanks

The problem here is your are alerting $scope.descargas outside of the success callback therefore it truly is not defined yet try modifying it like this.
app.controller('minaplantaCtrl', function($scope, $http, $window) {
$scope.fTest = function(idDescarga){
$http.get("http://localhost:8080/BD_INTEGRADA/UnionMinaPlanta?idDescarga="+idDescarga)
.success(function (response) {
$scope.descargas = response.descargas;
$window.alert(JSON.stringify($scope.descargas));
});
};
});

Since every server side request using $http in Angular is an AJAX i.e. an asynchronous call to server, you are assuming that your alert method will be called after the success response execution complete. But this is wrong.
This is where the concept of promises comes in Angular.
app.controller('minaplantaCtrl', function($scope, $http, $window) {
$scope.fTest = function(idDescarga) {
console.log("1");
$http.get("http://localhost:8080/BD_INTEGRADA/UnionMinaPlanta?idDescarga="+idDescarga)
.success(function (response) {
$scope.descargas = response.descargas;
console.log("2");
});
console.log("3");
$window.alert(JSON.stringify($scope.descargas));
};
});
So when you execute this code with a delay at server side, you will see the order of console log as: 1, 3 and 2.
So, your success function is executed when the response received from the server. So for the first time, the value in descargas variable is null but get's stored using first server response and next time, value from previous call is being displayed.

How do I get all values in a JIRA multi-checkbox customfield with SOAP?

I'm developing a web application that uses SOAP to communicate with JIRA. I have a custom field that contains several checkboxes, and I can get this field through SOAP, but I can't get to the actual checkboxes it contains. Is there a way to do this?

Since nobody has answered this so far, here is an old copy of some JavaScript I did for JIRA, reading customfields.
var unitlist_val = $("#unitList_0").val();
var errorlist_val = $("#errorList_0").val();
var larmlist_val = $("#larmList_0").val();
var URL= ""+jira+"/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml jqlQuery=project+%3D+"+problem+
"+AND+%22Symptom+1+-+Component%22+~+%22+"+unitlist_val+"%22+AND+%22Symptom+2+-+State%22+~+%22"+errorlist_val+
"%22+AND+%22Symptom+3+-+alarm%22+~+%22"+larmlist_val+
"%22&tempMax=1000&field=title&field=link&field=customfield_10422&field=customfield_10423&field=customfield_10424&field=customfield_10420&field=resolution&field=customfield_10440";
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: URL,
dataType: "xml",
cache: false,
beforeSend: function(request) {
request.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/xml; charset=utf-8");
},
success: function(data){
$(data).find("item").each(function(){
// Make sure swedish chars, are handled properly. Append to page first, then get value.
var unitList = $("<div/>").html($(this).find("#customfield_10422 customfieldvalue").text()).text().split(",");
var errorList = $("<div/>").html($(this).find("#customfield_10423 customfieldvalue").text()).text().split(",");
var alarmList = $("<div/>").html($(this).find("#customfield_10424 customfieldvalue").text()).text().split(",");
var knownerror = $("<div/>").html($(this).find("#customfield_10420 customfieldvalue").text()).text() || "None";
var resolution = $("<div/>").html($(this).find("resolution").text()).text() || "None";
}
});
You can probably do something similar in Java and use a simple GET request. I cut out quite a lot of code, so some parts might be syntax error on.

Using jQuery, how do I way attach a string array as a http parameter to a http request?

I have a spring controller with a request mapping as follows
#RequestMapping("/downloadSelected")
public void downloadSelected(#RequestParam String[] ids) {
// retrieve the file and write it to the http response outputstream
}
I have an html table of objects which for every row has a checkbox with the id of the object as the value. When they submit, I have a jQuery callback to serialize all ids. I want to stick those ids into an http request parameter called, "ids" so that I can grab them easily.
I figured I could do the following
var ids = $("#downloadall").serializeArray();
Then I would need to take each of the ids and add them to a request param called ids. But is there a "standard" way to do this? Like using jQuery?

I don't know about "standard way", but this is how I would do it.
var ids = $("#downloadall").serializeArray();
will give you a dataset on the form (only the checked items presented):
[{name:"foo1", value:"bar1"}, {name:"foo2", value:"bar2"}]
To feed this to jQuery's .ajax() just:
$.ajax({
url: <your url>,
data: ids.map(function (i) {return i.name+'='+i.value;}).join('&')
});
The Array.map() is not compatible with all browsers yet so you better have this code on your page too:
if (!Array.prototype.map) {
Array.prototype.map = function(fun /*, thisp*/) {
var len = this.length >>> 0;
if (typeof fun != "function")
throw new TypeError();
var res = new Array(len);
var thisp = arguments[1];
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (i in this)
res[i] = fun.call(thisp, this[i], i, this);
}
return res;
};
}
This code snippet I got from mozilla developer center.
I didn't put them in a ?ids=... param, but this way they are easy to access on server side. You can always just modify the map function to fit your needs.