I've a quick question. To call an action through jQuery (to use AJAX), do i have to create a new Action returning json type or is there anyway to use the same action for http request (post) and jQuery too?
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It depends on what you want to do with the data returned.
Say, your actions returns Html, using jQuery, you can put the html returned from the server:
$.ajax('/url/', function(data){
$('#elementID').html(data);
})
Alternatively, you can use the jQuery .load() method:
$('#elementID').load('/url');
If your action returns a redirect, and you want the client page to redirect to a url, then yes, you need to create a new action that will return Json:
public JsonResult SomeAction()
{
return Json(new {redirect = true, url = "/Path/ToRedirect"});
}
And using jQuery:
$.ajax('/url/', function(data){
if(data.redirect) {
window.location = data.url;
};
})
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You can use the same action:
$.post(
'/controller/action',
{ field_a: "Value a", field_b: "Value b" },
function(data) {
$('#result').html(data);
}
);
With ajax, you usually want partial views or json as a return value. With regular post, full html page. Why do you want to use the same action in ajax and regular post?
