I have a problem with posting data to a REST API, it should be done like this:

curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"event":{"title":"event", "description": "nice", "start": "2018-03-11T22:00:00.000Z"}}' \
 

I have the following code:

function eventedit(request){
    console.log(request);
    var title = $("#title").val();
    var desc = $("#desc").val();
    var start = $("#start").val();
    start += ".000Z";
    $.ajax({
        url: request,
        type: "POST",
        dataType:'json',
        success: function (response) {
            console.log(response);
        },
        error: function(error){
            console.log("Something went wrong", error);
        }
    });
}

Like you see, I need to add data in my ajax request, but I don't know how to do it, do I need to make a string containing those values? Or an array?

I have a problem with posting data to a REST API, it should be done like this:

curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"event":{"title":"event", "description": "nice", "start": "2018-03-11T22:00:00.000Z"}}' \
 http://events.restdesc/events

I have the following code:

function eventedit(request){
    console.log(request);
    var title = $("#title").val();
    var desc = $("#desc").val();
    var start = $("#start").val();
    start += ".000Z";
    $.ajax({
        url: request,
        type: "POST",
        dataType:'json',
        success: function (response) {
            console.log(response);
        },
        error: function(error){
            console.log("Something went wrong", error);
        }
    });
}

Like you see, I need to add data in my ajax request, but I don't know how to do it, do I need to make a string containing those values? Or an array?

• javascript
• jquery
• json
• ajax
• rest

• create an object. – Junius L Commented Apr 25, 2017 at 14:25
• in your ajax data: {"title":"event", "description": "nice", "start": "2018-03-11T22:00:00.000Z"} – Junius L Commented Apr 25, 2017 at 14:26
• 1 which in your case would be data: {"title":title, "description": desc, "start": start} assuming your title, description, and start variables are correct. – Jonas Grumann Commented Apr 25, 2017 at 14:27

2 Answers 2

In your $.ajax call add data.

 $.ajax({
    url: request,
    type: "POST",
    data: {"event":{"title": title, "description": desc, "start": start}},
    dataType:'json',
    success: function (response) {
        console.log(response);
    },
    error: function(error){
        console.log("Something went wrong", error);
    }
});

for POST you can also use a shorthand $.post

  $.post(request, {"event":{"title": title, "description": desc, "start": start}}, function(data){
    console.log(data);
});

Just use it like this if you're making a POST

$.post(request, {title: title, description: desc, start: start}, function (data) {
    console.log(data);
});