How can I get form data with JavaScript/jQuery?

Question

Is there a simple, one-line way to get the data of a form as it would be if it was to be submitted in the classic HTML-only way?

For example:

Answer 1

showing form input element fields and input file to submit your form without page refresh and grab all values with file include in it here it is

<form id="imageUploadForm"   action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="fname" name='fname' placeholder="First Name" >
<input type="text" class="form-control" name='lname' id="lname" placeholder="Last Name">
<input type="number" name='phoneno'  class="form-control" id="phoneno" placeholder="Phone Number">
<textarea class="form-control" name='address' id="address" rows="5" cols="5" placeholder="Your Address"></textarea>
<input type="file" name="file" id="file" >
<input type="submit" id="sub" value="Registration">					   
</form>

on Submit button page will send ajax request to your php file.

$('#imageUploadForm').on('submit',(function(e) 
{
     fname = $('#fname').val();
     lname =  $('#lname').val();
     address =  $('#address').val();
     phoneno =  $('#phoneno').val();
     file =  $('#file').val();
     e.preventDefault();
     var formData = new FormData(this);
     formData.append('file', $('#file')[0]);
     formData.append('fname',$('#fname').val());
     formData.append('lname',$('#lname').val());
     formData.append('phoneno',$('#phoneno').val());
     formData.append('address',$('#address').val());
     $.ajax({
		type:'POST',
                url: "test.php",
                //url: '<?php echo base_url().'edit_profile/edit_profile2';?>',

                data:formData,
                cache:false,
                contentType: false,
                processData: false,
                success:function(data)
                {
                     alert('Data with file are submitted !');

                }

     });

}))

Answer 2

For those of you who would prefer an Object as opposed to a serialized string (like the one returned by $(form).serialize(), and a slight improvement on $(form).serializeArray()), feel free to use the code below:

var Form = {
    _form: null,
    _validate: function(){
        if(!this._form || this._form.tagName.toLowerCase() !== "form") return false;
        if(!this._form.elements.length) return false;
    }, _loopFields: function(callback){
        var elements = this._form.elements;
        for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++){
            var element = form.elements[i];
            if(name !== ""){
                callback(this._valueOfField(element));
            }
        }
    }, _valueOfField: function(element){
        var type = element.type;
        var name = element.name.trim();
        var nodeName = element.nodeName.toLowerCase();
        switch(nodeName){
            case "input":
                if(type === "radio" || type === "checkbox"){
                    if(element.checked){
                        return element.value;
                    }
                }
                return element.value;
                break;
            case "select":
                if(type === "select-multiple"){
                    for(var i = 0; i < element.options.length; i++){
                        if(options[i].selected){
                            return element.value;
                        }
                    }
                }
                return element.value;
                break;
            case "button":
                switch(type){
                    case "reset": 
                    case "submit": 
                    case "button":
                        return element.value;
                        break;
                }
                break;
        } 
    }, serialize: function(form){
        var data = {};
        this._form = form;

        if(this._validate()){
            this._loopFields(function(value){
                if(value !== null) data[name] = value;
            });
        }
        return data;
    }
};

To execute it, just use Form.serialize(form) and the function will return an Object similar to this:

<!-- { username: "username", password: "password" } !-->
<input type="text" value="username">
<input type="password" value="password">

As a bonus, it means you don't have to install the entire bundle of jQuery just for one serialize function.

Answer 3

I wrote a function that takes care of multiple checkboxes and multiple selects. In those cases it returns an array.

function getFormData(formId) {
    return $('#' + formId).serializeArray().reduce(function (obj, item) {
        var name = item.name,
            value = item.value;

        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
            if (typeof obj[name] == "string") {
                obj[name] = [obj[name]];
                obj[name].push(value);
            } else {
                obj[name].push(value);
            }
        } else {
            obj[name] = value;
        }
        return obj;
    }, {});
}

Answer 4

$(form).serializeArray().reduce(function (obj, item) {
      if (obj[item.name]) {
           if ($.isArray(obj[item.name])) {
               obj[item.name].push(item.value);
           } else {
                var previousValue = obj[item.name];
                obj[item.name] = [previousValue, item.value];
           }
      } else {
           obj[item.name] = item.value;
      }

     return obj;
}, {});

It will fix issue:couldn't work with multiselects.

Answer 5

$("#form input, #form select, #form textarea").each(function() {
 data[theFieldName] = theFieldValue;
});

other than that, you might want to look at serialize();

Answer 6

I have included the answer to also give back the object required.

function getFormData(form) {
var rawJson = form.serializeArray();
var model = {};

$.map(rawJson, function (n, i) {
    model[n['name']] = n['value'];
});

return model;
}