Question

I’m trying to perform a redirect to a different page in Javascript AND also set a request attribute for that redirect.

I don’t want a request parameter like so:

window.location.href="www.somesite.com/id=123"

because I don’t want the user to see the value being passed in the address bar.

One way I see is to have a form in the page with a hidden field and to set the field and submit the form from Javascript.

Is there some easier way?

Thanks…

Answer 1

Use a Form and post it via window.onload.

<form method="post" id="myForm" action="/someurl">
<input type="hidden" name="param" value="X" />
</form>

<script>
window.onload=function(){ document.getElementById('myForm').submit(); }

and you’re done.