How to call a function by HTTP request

[jaytraxx]

Hi,

desperately struggling on this without effort. Now it’s time to ask the
pro’s.

I want to fetch a merged document by clicking a button. My Javascript
call looks like this:

var url =
"/egroupware/etemplate/process_exec.php?menuaction=infolog.infolog_ui.index";
var post = {};
post.content = {};
post.content.nm = {};
post.content.nm.nm_action = “document_document9.txt”;
post.content.nm.selected = 10;
$j.ajax({
type: ‘POST’,
url: url,
data: post,
success: function(data) { console.log(data); },
dataType: “html”
});

With process_exec, the etemplate id is missing. So no success here so far.

If I try with
var url = “/egroupware/json.php?menuaction=infolog.infolog_ui.index”;

I need to have a extra function in infolog_ui whose name starts with
"ajax_". I want to avoid this.

Any help appreciated. I’m surely missing something…
Thanx
Christian

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[ngegw]

Hi,

desperately struggling on this without effort. Now it’s time to ask the
pro’s.

I want to fetch a merged document by clicking a button. My Javascript
call looks like this: …
With process_exec, the etemplate id is missing. So no success here so far.

You could try:

1. Include the etemplate_id. It’s in a hidden field at the start of
   the form, etemplate_exec_id
2. Don’t go through process_exec: /index.php?menuaction=… (depends
   on what your target function is expecting though)

Nathan

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[jaytraxx]

Hi Nathan,

1. Include the etemplate_id. It’s in a hidden field at the start of
   the form, etemplate_exec_id

Does this also apply to et2? I cannot find a form element in et2, just
an et2 JS object.

2. Don’t go through process_exec: /index.php?menuaction=… (depends
   on what your target function is expecting though)

This method does not recognize POST data or am I wrong?

Thx
christian

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[ngegw]

Hi Nathan,

1. Include the etemplate_id. It’s in a hidden field at the start of
   the form, etemplate_exec_id

Does this also apply to et2? I cannot find a form element in et2, just
an et2 JS object.

For et2, get the etemplate2 js object, the ID is in the
etemplate_exec_id property.
Generally you would call submit() or postSubmit() though, as they take
care of it all. Judge carefully if you need to handle the submit on
your own, or if you can just call one of the submit functions and let
the normal methods handle it all.

2. Don’t go through process_exec: /index.php?menuaction=… (depends
   on what your target function is expecting though)

This method does not recognize POST data or am I wrong?

It depends on the function, but yes, in general POST & GET data are ignored.

Nathan

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[jaytraxx]

Hi Nathan,

thanks for your help. But one more problem (see below)…

For et2, get the etemplate2 js object, the ID is in the
etemplate_exec_id property.

The et2 object is part of an anonymous function:
egw(window).ready(function() {
var et2 = new etemplate2(…)
}, null, true);

This one is not accessible from outside. We could make a reference with
window.egw.et2 = et2;
But I don’t know if this is a security problem.

Bye
Christian

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[jaytraxx]

Hi again,

the main problem with process_exec is that I want to make a call to e.g.
infolog document action out of filemanager’s etemplate. I’m not sure if
that works.

Bye
Christian

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[ngegw]

Hi Nathan,

thanks for your help. But one more problem (see below)…

For et2, get the etemplate2 js object, the ID is in the
etemplate_exec_id property.

The et2 object is part of an anonymous function:
egw(window).ready(function() {
var et2 = new etemplate2(…)
}, null, true);

This one is not accessible from outside. We could make a reference with
window.egw.et2 = et2;
But I don’t know if this is a security problem.

Do you really need access from “outside”?
If you’re working on using your selection widgit, you should have a
widget context:
this.getInstanceManager().etemplate_exec_id
Use a closure to handle callbacks if needed.

Or, you could add an ajax_… function to your widget, pass the
selected entries, and do it on the server side where you have full
access.

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