I am creating an ASP.NET MVC application. I am currently developing a search page where both the search box and the table of results are displayed on the same page. To do this I have used Partial Views and AJAX/JSON calls with a viewmodel. After entering the two search terms in the textbox, both are null in the controller after being passed through ajax.
Here is the code:
ViewModel:
public class ExampleViewModel
{
public string search { get; set; }
public string search2 { get; set; }
}
Controller:
[HttpPost]
public ActionResult Search(ExampleViewModel searchTerm)
{
var searchList = db.UserLists.Where(x => x.LastName.Contains(searchTerm.search));
return PartialView("_SearchResultsPartial", searchList);
}
Body of Index View:
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.search)
@Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.search2)
var exViewModel = {
search: $('#search').val(),
search2: $('#search2').val()
}
function getSearchResults() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(exViewModel),
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json",
url : "/View/Search/",
success: function (result) {
$("#search-results").html(result);
}
});
}
Again, after setting a breakpoint on the Search [POST] method, the ExampleViewModel's terms are null.
Talk1:
In addition to the accepted answer, suggest you just wrap the elements in
and use data: $('form').serialize(), (and remove contentType: "application/json",)Solutions1
At first sight, it seems that you have to retrieve the values within the function scope:
function getSearchResults() {
//Read these values on button click
var exViewModel = {
search: $('#search').val(),
search2: $('#search2').val()
}
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data: JSON.stringify(exViewModel),
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json",
url : "/View/Search/",
success: function (result) {
$("#search-results").html(result);
}
});
}
Otherwise, the exViewModel is just determined on page load.