Can I make post() from jquery without making an XHR request?

Question

I would like to create a landing page consisting only of links. The links should make a post request to a server side script which will set some cookies and redirect the browser to another page. The reason for doing this is that I am bolting on a new locale selection page to an existing site which already has the locale logic built in - it sets a cookie containing a 2 char locale string.

Jquery is available on my page so I was considering using $.post() but this only makes XHR requests. Is it possible to do what I want using jquery? Or do I need my 'links' to be buttons within a form?

The following code makes an XHR request

<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/_scripts/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>

    </head>
    <body>
        <a id="test" href="">link</a>

            <script type="text/javascript">
                $(function(){
                    $('#test').bind('click', function(){
                    $.post('/select-locale/processing',
                    {'locale':'NZ',
                        'returnPage':'/'

                    });
                }); 

                })

            </script>
    </body>
</html>

I guess I can just return a boolean value from my php script and then do window.location.href on success but wondered if there was an alternative.

You can create a form using jQuery, with the parameters you require on the document and [`.submit()`](http://api.jquery.com/submit/) it. — Orbling, Mar 01 '12 at 17:13
ok - I misread this. I need to create a form then the link is clicked and then submit that. — codecowboy, Mar 01 '12 at 17:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '12 at 17:13

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.post() is part of the Ajax functionality of jQuery. If you don't want to use this then fall back to regular old .submit(). This will submit a form, resulting in a new page being served up. Alternately you can submit the form to a hidden Iframe.

answered Mar 01 '12 at 17:13

Diodeus - James MacFarlane

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So I basically HAVE to use a form, even though its not really a form? – codecowboy Mar 01 '12 at 17:18
@codecowboy: It is really a form, it's just a form you create on-the-fly. – Orbling Mar 01 '12 at 17:19
@Orbling Do you have an example? – codecowboy Mar 01 '12 at 17:35
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@codecowboy: Take a look at the following answers to a similar question -- [Ryan Delucchi - 1](http://stackoverflow.com/a/5533477/438971) | [bobef - 2](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6152790/438971) – Orbling Mar 01 '12 at 17:41

Can I make post() from jquery without making an XHR request?

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