How to submit a form in Semantic UI?

Question

I know how to validate a form using Semantic UI, and can even read in console the message \"Form has no validation errors, submitting.\" However, where is this submitting to? I

Answer 1

You can use jQuery's ajax:

   //Get value from an input field
   function getFieldValue(fieldId) { 
      // 'get field' is part of Semantics form behavior API
      return $('.ui.form').form('get field', fieldId).val();
   }

   function submitForm() {
      var formData = {
          field1: getFieldValue('someId')
      };

      $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/api/someRestEndpoint', data: formData, success: onFormSubmitted });
   }

   // Handle post response
   function onFormSubmitted(response) {
        // Do something with response ...
   }

EDIT: also, you can use the onSuccess method of the form to run the submitForm function, ie when you initialize the form:

$('.ui.form').form(validationRules, { onSuccess: submitForm });

onSuccess will only be called when the 'Submit' button is clicked and the form is valid based on the rules you specify.

EDIT: If you want the regular HTML form behavior, you will need to add the semantic css classes to the form tag.

...

And then you set up the validation rules using jQuery. This will give you the default HTML form behavior, ie when you hit the submit button, it will make a POST request to /signup in the case above. If any of your rules trigger, the submit is prevented until there is no validation errors.