Question

I try to submit a form in Jquery to an Action method in a Controller.
To do so I serialize my form and use the get method. In the controller I receive my form as a string like param1=1&param2=2….
Is there a way to retrieve directly a FormCollection in my Action Method instead of the string. As my form has many checkboxes it will be easier for me to have it in formCollection.

Here is my Jquery:

 var form = $("#CheckForm");
                    var formCollection = form.serialize();
                    $.post('@Url.Action("CheckSelection")', { clientId: clientId, policyId: policyId, countryCode: country, month: monthtoken[0] + '*' + monthtoken[1], formCollection: formCollection }, function () {
                        alert("formSubmit");
                    });

Here my form:

@using (Html.BeginForm("CheckSelection", "Check", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "CheckForm" }))
{        
<fieldset>
<div class="editor-label">
    @Html.CheckBox("CodeExist",true)
    @Html.Label("Check Code Existence")
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
    @Html.CheckBox("Mandatory",true)
    @Html.Label("Check Code Reccurence")
</div>
<div class="editor-label">
    @Html.CheckBox("Reccurence",true)
    @Html.Label("Check Mandatory Code")
</div>
}

Here is my Action Method:

 [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
    public ActionResult CheckSelection(string clientId, string policyId, string countryCode, string month, FormCollection formCollection){}

Thanks in advance for your help!

Answer 1

var form = $("#CheckForm");
var formCollection = form.serialize();
$.post('@Url.Action("CheckSelection")', formCollection , function (data) {
    alert(data); //will alert form submitted
});

and the controller will look like

[AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)]
public ActionResult CheckSelection(FormCollection collection){
    return Content("form submitted");
}

for details of the FormCollection class follow this link