Basic requests¶

Simple requests without authentication using jQuery¶

Tip

Want to play, not read?
Here is a ready-to-go codepen that demonstrates how to use jQuery to connect to an endpoint. Run and have fun!
nnrestapi jQuery demo

Important

Don’t forget the @ApiAccess!
All exemples on this page will only work, if the methods have @Api\Access("public") set in the annotation.
If you need to find out, how to do that please refer to this section or find out, how to create

request with authentication in this section

Sending a GET-Request¶

A very basic example of how to send a GET request using jQuery’s $.get() command.

// By default this will be routed to Index->getIndexAction()
const url = 'https://www.mywebsite.com/api/index';

$.get(url).done((result) => {
    alert( result.message );
}).fail((error) => {
    alert( `Error ${error.status}: ${error.responseJSON.error}` );
});

Sending a POST-Request¶

Here is a example of how to send a POST request using jQuery’s $.post() command.

Note that the object-data is converted to a JSON-string using JSON.stringify(). This makes sure the data can be parsed by the backend.

// By default this will be routed to Index->postIndexAction()
const url = 'https://www.mywebsite.com/api/index';

const data = {title:'Test'};
const jsonData = JSON.stringify(data);

$.post(url, jsonData).done((result) => {
    console.log( result );
}).fail((error) => {
    alert( `Error ${error.status}: ${error.responseJSON.error}` );
});

Sending a PUT, PATCH or DELETE request¶

If you would like to send a PUT, PATCH or DELETE request, you will need to use jQuery’s $.ajax() method with the appropriate type in the request settings.

// By default this will be routed to Index->putIndexAction()
const url = 'https://www.mywebsite.com/api/index';

const data = {title:'Test'};
const jsonData = JSON.stringify(data);

$.ajax({
    url: url,
    type: 'PUT', // 'PATCH' or 'DELETE'
    data: jsonData
}).done((result) => {
    console.log( result );
}).fail((error) => {
    alert( `Error ${error.status}: ${error.responseJSON.error}` );
});

jQuery Starter Template¶

Here is a full example you can copy and paste to get you started.

You can also test and play with it on this codepen

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <title>nnrestapi jQuery Demo</title>

        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-EVSTQN3/azprG1Anm3QDgpJLIm9Nao0Yz1ztcQTwFspd3yD65VohhpuuCOmLASjC" crossorigin="anonymous">
        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-MrcW6ZMFYlzcLA8Nl+NtUVF0sA7MsXsP1UyJoMp4YLEuNSfAP+JcXn/tWtIaxVXM" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
        <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js" integrity="sha256-/xUj+3OJU5yExlq6GSYGSHk7tPXikynS7ogEvDej/m4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

        <script>
            $(function () {

                $('button').click(() => {

                    $('#result').show().text('Loading...');

                    $.ajax({
                        url: $('#url').val(),
                        type: $('#request-method').val(),
                        data: $('#json-data').val()
                    }).done((result) => {
                        $('#result').text( JSON.stringify(result) );
                    }).fail((error) => {
                        $('#result').text( 'ERROR: ' + JSON.stringify(error) );
                    });

                });

            });
        </script>
        <style>
            #json-data {
                min-height: 100px;
            }
            #result {
                min-height: 100px;
                display: none;
                white-space: pre-wrap;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container my-5">
            <div class="form-floating mb-4">
                <select class="form-select" id="request-method">
                    <option>GET</option>
                    <option>POST</option>
                    <option>PUT</option>
                    <option>PATCH</option>
                    <option>DELETE</option>
                </select>
                <label for="request-method">Request method</label>
            </div>
            <div class="form-floating mb-4">
                <input class="form-control" id="url" value="https://www.mysite.com/api/index" />
                <label for="url">URL to endpoint</label>
            </div>
            <div class="form-floating mb-4">
                <textarea class="form-control" id="json-data">{"title":"Test"}</textarea>
                <label for="json-data">JSON data</label>
            </div>
            <div class="form-floating mb-4">
                <button class="btn btn-primary">Send to API</button>
            </div>
            <pre id="result"></pre>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>