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How to properly perform AJAX

I am having trouble with using AJAX. I have controller class derived from AAdmin with following action:

Code:

        protected function doActionMyAction()

        {

             $list = \XLite\Core\Request::getInstance()->idlist;



             echo $list;

        }

I also have this piece so that I do not get forbidden thrown at me when I attempt to call that action:

Code:

    public static function defineFreeFormIdActions() 

    { 

        return array_merge(

                    parent::defineFreeFormIdActions(),

                    array('myaction')

        );

    }

In my javascript file I have this piece to perform AJAX call:

Code:

    var str = "TEST STRING";



    core.post(

            URLHandler.buildURL({ target: "crosscheck_order", action: 

            "myaction" }),

            function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, data, valid) {



                console.log(data);



            },

            { idlist: str}

        );

Instead of getting value of "str" in my console, I instead get raw html of the entire default template for this controller. Any tips on what I am doing wrong are very appreciated!

Re: How to properly perform AJAX

Please check how \XLite\Controller\Customer\Rest and \XLite\Controller\Customer\Autocomplete controllers return JSON data.
I think this should help.

Re: How to properly perform AJAX

Quote:

Originally Posted by qualiteam

Please check how \XLite\Controller\Customer\Rest and \XLite\Controller\Customer\Autocomplete controllers return JSON data.
I think this should help.

Thank you for your reply! I completely forgot about adding headers, but adding them did not solve my issue. I still kept receiving raw html of page on which my script was being executed. I solved this by using jQuery.ajax() post method instead and it worked just fine. But I still do not understand why I could not get core.post() to work.