How To Form Submit In Jquery

const messagession is an essential part of web development, whether you are creating a simple contact form or building a complex web application. In this blog post, we will learn how to submit forms using jQuery, a popular, feature-rich JavaScript library that makes it easier to work with HTML documents, handle events, and create animations.

Pre-requisites

Before diving into the jQuery form submission process, make sure to include the jQuery library in your project. You can include it using the below script tag:

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

Step 1: Create an HTML Form

For demonstration purposes, let’s create a simple HTML form with three fields: name, email, and message, as well as a submit button:

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

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

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

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

Step 2: Capture the Form Submission Event Using jQuery

Next, we need to capture the form submission event using jQuery. We can do this by binding the submit event to the form using the on() method:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#contact-form').on('submit', function(e) {
    // Prevent the default form submission behavior
    e.preventDefault();

    // Your form submission logic goes here
  });
});

Notice that we have used the preventDefault() method to avoid the default form submission behavior, which would refresh the page. This is important because we want to handle form submission using jQuery and AJAX.

Step 3: Retrieve the Input Values

Before submitting the form, we need to retrieve the input values. We can do this using the val() method:

const name = $('#name').val();
const email = $('#email').val();
const message = $('#message').val();

Step 4: Submit the Form Using AJAX

Now that we have captured the input values, we can submit the form using AJAX. This will allow us to send the form data to the server without refreshing the page:

$.ajax({
  url: 'your-server-url.php',
  type: 'POST',
  data: {
    name: name,
    email: email,
    message: message
  },
  success: function(response) {
    // Handle the server response here
    console.log(response);
  },
  error: function(error) {
    // Handle the error here
    console.error(error);
  }
});

Replace your-server-url.php with the actual URL of your server-side script that will process the form data.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we have learned how to submit an HTML form using jQuery and AJAX. With the help of jQuery’s built-in methods, we have captured the input values and sent them to the server without refreshing the page. This provides a seamless user experience and makes it easier to work with form submissions.