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#10534 closed bug (invalid)

Opened October 19, 2011 01:58PM UTC

Closed October 19, 2011 03:05PM UTC

Last modified March 14, 2012 07:57AM UTC

POST Ajax and contentType sends no data.

Reported by: wildpeaks Owned by:
Priority: low Milestone: None
Component: ajax Version: 1.7b2
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

It seems that data is not sent if type POST is used and contentType is specified, however it works with GET.

Both 1.6.4 and 1.7 beta 2 behave the same way, so I'm not sure if this is by design.

Files used in the examples:

  • "index.html" is the page that uses jQuery.
  • "echo.php" prints as JSON the method and data it receives.

Source of echo.php:

<?php

print json_encode(
	array(
		'method' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'],
		'request' => $_REQUEST
	)
);

?>

Source of index.html:

<html>
<body>

	<h1>GET</h1>
	<input id="get-without" type="button" value="GET: WITHOUT contentType" />
	<input id="get-with" type="button" value="GET: WITH contentType" />


	<h1>POST</h1>
	<input id="post-without" type="button" value="POST: WITHOUT contentType" />
	<input id="post-with" type="button" value="POST: WITH contentType" style="color: red" />


	<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7b2.js"></script>
	<!--<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.4/jquery.min.js"></script>-->
	<script>

		function send(type, contentType){
			var options = {
				type: type,
				dataType: "json",
				url: "echo.php",
				data: { 
					hello: "world"
				},
				success: function(response){
					console.log(response);
				}
			};
			if (contentType) options.contentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
			$.ajax(options);
		}

		$(function(){
			$("#get-without").click(function(){
				send("get", false);
			});
			$("#get-with").click(function(){
				send("get", true);
			});
			$("#post-without").click(function(){
				send("post", false);
			});
			$("#post-with").click(function(){
				send("post", true);
			});
		});

	</script>

</body>
</html>
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Changed October 19, 2011 03:05PM UTC by timmywil comment:1

component: unfiled → ajax
priority: undecided → low
resolution: → invalid
status: new → closed

I don't think this is an issue with jQuery. The data should be a valid json string if that is the contentType being used. In this case, I don't think sending the contentType is necessary.