how to use ajax to get data from controller.

[ylli]

Hello, i want to use ajax to get data from a controller. I have created a module and a front controller inside that module but when i try to get data from the tpl it shows me 404 not found. Can anyone help me to find whats wrong ?

 

My controller is located in modules/ajaxcat/displaycats.php

<?php 

Class ajaxcatDisplaycatsModuleFrontController extends ModuleFrontController
{
 
		public function initContent() {
        parent::initContent();
        $this->ajax = true; // enable ajax
    }


public function displayAjax() {
        if ($this->errors)
            die(Tools::jsonEncode(array('hasError' => true, 'errors' => $this->errors)));
        else {
            switch (Tools::getValue('method')) {
                case 'getFirstCats' :
                    die(Tools::jsonEncode(array('result' => "test")));
                    break;
                default:
                    exit;
            }
            exit;
        }
    }

?>

and the javascript code that i want to get data from this controller is :

$.ajax({
           type: 'get',
            url: baseUri+'modules/ajaxcat/displaycats',
             data: 'method=getFirstCats',
             dataType: 'json',            
 success: function(json) {
                console.log(json);
                alert(json.result);
            }
         });

when i execute javascript code it shows me not found. How do i have to write the module url so i can access the controller?

 

Thanks.

[yaniv14]

I think you should put the module controller inside controller/front folder and setup controller in your module __construct function like:

$this->controllers = 'displaycats';

 

and in the tpl file you can do: {$link->getModuleLink('ajaxcat', 'displaycats', [], true)|escape:'html':'UTF-8'} to create the controller url.

 

Also you can manually copy the controller file to PS root controller/front folder and setup the url from the back office under Preferences -> SEO & Url

[haunter]

Die is bad solution. 

Use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\JsonResponse; in your Symfony based controller.

[RickHughson]

To get data in Ajax from the controller to the view, I use that code :

$(document).ready(function() {

$("#choix_contact").change(function () {

var selectContact = document.getElementById('choix_contact');

var index = selectContact.value;

var url = "/Accueil/GetContactInfo";

$.getJSON(url, { indexContactList: index }, function (data) {

$("#nom").html(data.Nom); $("#prenom").html(data.Prenom);

$("#email").html(data.Email); $("#fonction").html(data.Fonction);

$("#telFix").html(data.TelephoneFixe);

$("#telPort").html(data.TelephonePort);

});

});

});

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[philipp.haugg]

Hi,
Probably the URL you are sending in your Ajax request is not correct: So, try to create the URL like below and then use the same in your JS code.
$link = new Link();
$ajax_url = $link->getModuleLink('ajaxcat', 'displaycats');