Question

So I’m wanting to create a “POST” to another page. I want to do it like the following…

$.ajax({

    type: "POST",
    url: "maintain.aspx",
    data: { key1:value1, key2:value2, key3:value3 },
    success: function(msg){
        alert("Done!");
    }

});

The problem is I don’t have data in the form of variables. Instead I’m supplied with the data in a string formatted like so…

&myvar=1&thisguy=dave&thatguy=martin

How can I get the key/value information from that string into the data: {} section of the ajax call? Thanks!

Answer 1

The data property can be either an object as you have it, or a query string. So you can simply use it as-is. (though you may need to strip the leading &).

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "maintain.aspx",
    data: "myvar=1&thisguy=dave&thatguy=martin",
    success: function(msg){
        alert("Done!");
    }
});