How To Submit Form With Jquery

by

In this blog post, we will learn how to submit a form using jQuery. jQuery is a popular JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It makes it easy to submit forms and handle user input without having to write a lot of JavaScript code.

Prerequisites

Before we get started, make sure you have jQuery installed in your project. You can either download it from the official website or include it directly from a Content Delivery Network (CDN) like code.jquery.com.

Add the following script tag to your HTML file to include jQuery from the CDN: 

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>

HTML Form

Let’s create a simple contact form that we will use for demonstration purposes. Add the following HTML code to your file: 

<form id="contact-form">
  <label for="name">Name:</label>
  <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required>

  <label for="email">Email:</label>
  <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required>

  <label for="message">Message:</label>
  <textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>

  <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

Submitting the Form with jQuery

Now that we have our form, let’s use jQuery to submit it. We will create a submit event for our form which will be triggered when the user clicks the submit button or presses Enter.

Add the following JavaScript code to your file: 

<script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#contact-form").submit(function(event) {
      event.preventDefault(); // Prevent the default form submission

      // Get form data
      var formData = {
        name: $("#name").val(),
        email: $("#email").val(),
        message: $("#message").val()
      };

      // Submit form using AJAX
      $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "/path/to/your/script", // Replace with your form processing script URL
        data: formData,
        dataType: "json",
        success: function(response) {
          // Handle successful form submission
          console.log("Form submitted successfully");
          console.log(response);
        },
        error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
          // Handle form submission errors
          console.log("Form submission failed");
          console.log(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown);
        }
      });
    });
  });
</script>

This script will prevent the default form submission, gather the form data, and submit it using an AJAX POST request. You need to replace “/path/to/your/script” with the URL to your server-side script that handles form processing (e.g., PHP, Python, Node.js, etc.).

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have learned how to submit a form using jQuery. This method allows us to handle form submissions without redirecting the user, providing a more seamless and user-friendly experience. With jQuery, you can further enhance your forms by adding validation, error handling, and more.