Hi, > If I understand you correctly, you are telling me to read 'value 1', > 'value 2' etc from the text field and then build the object and pass > is. Is that right?
Either that, or supply the parameters in query string format. With what you're describing, I'd suggest either putting more structure in place, or if you want a free-form field people type (or more likely paste) into, define the format and then parse it. name=value, one entry per line is pretty common and _very_ easily parsed. :-) One format you could use is JSON[1]. If you do that, you can use Prototype's String#evalJSON[2] function to convert it into a POJO. Be sure to use the sanitize option, though, because Prototype uses eval() behind the scenes to turn the JSON into an object, and malicious script kiddies might try to have a go at you. The nice thing about parsing some other format yourself is that you have less of an issue that way. [1] http://json.org [2] http://prototypejs.org/api/string/evalJSON HTH, -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available On Apr 23, 10:02 am, Arpan Dhandhania <arpa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi T J, > > If I understand you correctly, you are telling me to read 'value 1', > 'value 2' etc from the text field and then build the object and pass > is. Is that right? > > Now the problem is that the parameters are not pre-determined. I am > basically building an API and this form will work as a testing page > for the API. The parameter list therefore will depend on the API end > point. I would ideally like to enter the following in the text field: > > param1: 'value 1', > param2: 'value 2' > > And then it should get sent as parameters correctly. > > Is there a way for me to do that? > > regards, > Arpan D. > > On Apr 23, 12:58 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote: > > > Hi Arpan, > > > Refer to the API docs page[1], if you're going to pass in a string, it > > must be in query string format, e.g. "param1=value+1¶m2=value+2". > > Or if you prefer you can create a plain object from the data in your > > text fields: > > > params = { > > param1: 'value 1', > > param2: 'value 2' > > > }; > > > ...and pass that in, and Prototype will do the necessary escaping and > > such. > > > [1]http://prototypejs.org/api/ajax/options > > > HTH, > > -- > > T.J. Crowder > > tj / crowder software / com > > Independent Software Engineer, consulting services available > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
