I`m new to client-server programming concepts. What I need, to send four js vars to my MVC 3 controller action.

    $(document).ready(function() {
        var $jcrop;

        $('#image').Jcrop({
            bgColor: 'red',
            onSelect: refreshData
        }, function () {
            $jcrop = this;
        });

        function refreshData(selected) {
            myData = {
                x1: selected.x1,
                x2: selected.x2,
                y1: selected.y1,
                y2: selected.y2
            };
        }
    });

So i get my vars in browser.

What I have on server side is:

    public ActionResult CreateCover(ImageCoordinates coordinates) {
        ViewData.Model = coordinates;
        return View();
    }

public class ImageCoordinates
{
    public int x1 { get; set; }
    public int x2 { get; set; }
    public int y1 { get; set; }
    public int y2 { get; set; }
}

Is there an easy way to post my four params from js to my action? I tried to use couple examples from this site, using $.ajax

Like this

        $.ajax({
            url: '/dashboard/createcover',
            type: 'POST',
            data: JSON.stringify(myData),
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            success: function (data) {
                alert(data.success);
            },
            error: function () {
                alert("error");
            },
            async: false
        });

But it does not worked, i received 0 0 0 0 in my action. But honestly I`m not even sure how to call this jquery function. Should i call it by clicking the button, or it auto calls when i post the form? And are there other methods to send this params?

I`m new to client-server programming concepts. What I need, to send four js vars to my MVC 3 controller action.

    $(document).ready(function() {
        var $jcrop;

        $('#image').Jcrop({
            bgColor: 'red',
            onSelect: refreshData
        }, function () {
            $jcrop = this;
        });

        function refreshData(selected) {
            myData = {
                x1: selected.x1,
                x2: selected.x2,
                y1: selected.y1,
                y2: selected.y2
            };
        }
    });

So i get my vars in browser.

What I have on server side is:

    public ActionResult CreateCover(ImageCoordinates coordinates) {
        ViewData.Model = coordinates;
        return View();
    }

public class ImageCoordinates
{
    public int x1 { get; set; }
    public int x2 { get; set; }
    public int y1 { get; set; }
    public int y2 { get; set; }
}

Is there an easy way to post my four params from js to my action? I tried to use couple examples from this site, using $.ajax

Like this

        $.ajax({
            url: '/dashboard/createcover',
            type: 'POST',
            data: JSON.stringify(myData),
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            success: function (data) {
                alert(data.success);
            },
            error: function () {
                alert("error");
            },
            async: false
        });

But it does not worked, i received 0 0 0 0 in my action. But honestly I`m not even sure how to call this jquery function. Should i call it by clicking the button, or it auto calls when i post the form? And are there other methods to send this params?

• javascript
• jquery
• asp.net-mvc

3 Answers 3

Here goes solution -

Model -

public class ImageCoordinates
{
    public int x1 { get; set; }
    public int x2 { get; set; }
    public int y1 { get; set; }
    public int y2 { get; set; }
}

Action -

    public ActionResult CreateCover(ImageCoordinates coordinates)
    {
        return null;
    }

Lets create a View which will make the AJAX call to the Action.

<script src="~/Scripts/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>

<script>
    function submitForm() {

        var model = new Object();
        model.x1 = 120;
        model.y1 = 240;
        model.x2 = 360;
        model.y2 = 480;


        jQuery.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            url: "@Url.Action("CreateCover")",
            dataType: "json",
            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            data: JSON.stringify({ coordinates: model }),
            success: function (data) {
                alert(data);
            },
            failure: function (errMsg) {
                alert(errMsg);
            }
        });
    }
</script>

<input type="button" value="Click" onclick="submitForm()" />

Output -

Try changing the name of the object passed to the controller:

$.ajax({
    url: '/dashboard/createcover',
    type: 'POST',
    data: {coordinates : JSON.stringify(myData)}, //change here
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    success: function (data) {
        alert(data.success);
    },
    error: function () {
        alert("error");
    },
    async: false
});

Please note that this will post the values as a JSON object. You need to modify your controller like so:

public ActionResult CreateCover(string jsonCoordinates) {
    ImageCoordinates coordinates = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ImageCoordinates >(jsonCoordinates);

    ViewData.Model = coordinates;
    return View();
}

You also need to add a reference to Newtonsoft.Json.

In the situation that you don't want to use AJAX or want a quick work around you can also try adding a hidden field and then using Javascript(JS) to populate the value in that hidden field.

    @Html.HiddenFor(m=>Model.ImageCoordinates.x1)
    <button type="submit">Submit Coordinates</button>

This will generate an 'input' tag on the html side with an id ="ImageCoordinates_x1" Then using JS

function refreshData(selected) {
            myData = {
                x1: selected.x1,
                x2: selected.x2,
                y1: selected.y1,
                y2: selected.y2
            };
            return myData;
           
}

let coordinateData = refreshData(selected)
let x1 = document.getElementById("ImageCoordinates_x1");
x1.value = coordinateData .x1;

You are now able to send the x1 coordinate information to the server through this. To send data to the other coordinates you will have to create hidden forms for them and populate the value of the input tag using JS