javascript through template toolkit to catalyst

realn0whereman has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have an array of values (objects actually) written in javascript. I am running my application via catalyst with the aid of template toolkit. I have a form sending email and some other stuff. <form method="post" action=" [ % Catalyst.uri_for('/agg/submit') % ] "> thats what the header of the form looks like. How do i get the data in the array to the catalyst backend?

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Re: javascript through template toolkit to catalyst by Anonymous Monk on Mar 29, 2009 at 03:48 UTC
...How do I get javascript data to catalyst backend? Through CGI	[reply]
Re^2: javascript through template toolkit to catalyst by realn0whereman (Novice) on Mar 29, 2009 at 14:38 UTC
Ok so i managed to do this without CGI. It's a bit ugly but it works. in my HTML file(technically my .tt2 file) i have this in my javascript area: `for(m=0;m<selected.length;m++){ document.form.values.value += selected[m].name+','; }` [download] then I have this in my actual html area: `<form method="post" name="form" action=" [% Catalyst.uri_for('/agg/su +bmit') %] "> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="values">` [download] and then in my catalyst controller ( which is agg.pm with submit as the method) : `my $selected = $c->request->params->{values};` [download] from here i can parse the string into an array and proceed with my program.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: javascript through template toolkit to catalyst by Anonymous Monk on Apr 01, 2009 at 06:10 UTC
That is CGI!!!!	[reply]
Re^2: javascript through template toolkit to catalyst by realn0whereman (Novice) on Mar 29, 2009 at 12:11 UTC
I've been looking and I can't seem to understand how that would work. From what i've read, CGI is for getting perl data into html, and writing html with perl.	[reply]