Question

I have a web page with a tiny space for users to submit some comments.
just one line of text and a button.
if they use it, after pressing the button I have a bit of javascript which disables the button and thanks them.

The next bit is how to send their comment to the server.

The way I have done it is the following:

in the javascript which handles the ‘submit’ I create a new javascript like this:

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = 'usercomment.js?'+commentValue;
document.body.appendChild(script); 

I don’t have any usercomment.js script so the call fails silently.
However the advantage is that I get a call to the server which is logged and then I can read all of the comments.

I am happy with this solution but I was wondering if there is a better way to achieve the same thing. Somehow it seems quite convoluted and a bit of hack.

so my question is what’s the standard way to record something as simple as an action from the browser to the server ?

p.s.
I am not allowed to modify the server side. So I can only rely on its logs to retrieve this type of information.

p.s.
please don’t suggest an event in google analytics that would be breaching their legals.

Answer 1

Looks like my solution is plausible:
That is

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src = 'usercomment.js?'+commentValue;
document.body.appendChild(script); 

I will accept that. If somebody has a better way please add it up and I will vote it.