send post request javascript jquery code example

Example 1: jquery ajax post example

var formData = {name:"John", surname:"Doe", age:"31"}; //Array 

$.ajax({
    url : "https://example.com/rest/getData", // Url of backend (can be python, php, etc..)
    type: "POST", // data type (can be get, post, put, delete)
    data : formData, // data in json format
  	async : false, // enable or disable async (optional, but suggested as false if you need to populate data afterwards)
    success: function(response, textStatus, jqXHR) {
    	console.log(response);
    },
    error: function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
		console.log(jqXHR);
      	console.log(textStatus);
      	console.log(errorThrown);
    }
});

Example 2: jquery post json example

<script type="text/javascript">
    function send() {
        var person = {
            name: $("#id-name").val(),
            address:$("#id-address").val(),
            phone:$("#id-phone").val()
        }

        $('#target').html('sending..');

        $.ajax({
            url: '/test/PersonSubmit',
            type: 'post',
            dataType: 'json',
            contentType: 'application/json',
            success: function (data) {
                $('#target').html(data.msg);
            },
            data: JSON.stringify(person)
        });
    }
</script>

Example 3: jquery $.post

// Assign handlers immediately after making the request,
// and remember the jqxhr object for this request
var jqxhr = $.post( "example.php", function() {
  alert( "success" );
})
  .done(function() {
    alert( "second success" );
  })
  .fail(function() {
    alert( "error" );
  })
  .always(function() {
    alert( "finished" );
  });
 
// Perform other work here ...
 
// Set another completion function for the request above
jqxhr.always(function() {
  alert( "second finished" );
});