Question

Controller:

public ActionResult Index()
        {

            // not using the interface right now
            DealsRepository _repo = new DealsRepository();
            var deals = _repo.GetDeals("<Request><ZipCode>92618</ZipCode></Request>");

            return View(deals);
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult Index(string data)
        {

            // not using the interface right now
            DealsRepository _repo = new DealsRepository();
            var deals = _repo.GetDeals(data);

            return View(deals);
        }

jQuery:

var url = '<%: Url.Action("Index", "Deal") %>';
var data = '<Request><ZipCode>92618</ZipCode></Request>';

$.post(url, data, function (result) {
    alert(result);
});

What I’m trying to do is refresh (reload) the View with the updated Model… I don’t want to use jQuery to update the content. Relaod the View with the updated Model.

In other words, once a user enters some refinements in their search or selects a filter, I need to make the call, and reload the page with the latest Model search results.

Answer 1

You don’t need javascript at all to post a form, which is what it seems you are trying to do.

Just add a submit button to your html form. When the submit button is clicked the form will be posted to the controller and action associated with the html form. That controller and action will return an ActionResult which will be your refreshed view if you so choose…

In your view you can do something like this:

<%Html.BeginForm("ActionName", "ControllerName", FormMethod.Post); %>
<!-- more form fields here -->
<input type="submit" value="Go"/>
<%Html.EndForm(); %>