[hunchentoot-devel] Need some help figuring out what I'm doing wrong trying to get post parameters passed properly

[Ala'a Mohammad]

;; using list as parameter-type

(define-easy-handler (form-page :uri "/")
    ()
  (with-html-output-to-string (out)
    (:form :action "/process"
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[]" :value "37")
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[]" :value "38")
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[]" :value "36")
     (:input :type "submit" :value "Process"))))

(define-easy-handler (process-page :uri "/process")
    ((tasks :real-name "task[]" :parameter-type 'list))
  (with-html-output-to-string (out)
    (print tasks out)))

;; array parameter-type needs fields names to be something like
task[36], task[38] ... etc,
;; not with empty square brackets like task[], so the following wont work.
(define-easy-handler (process-page :uri "/process")
    ((tasks :real-name "task" :parameter-type 'array))
  (with-html-output-to-string (out)
    (print tasks out)))

;; but using this will allow you to use array parameter type, and thus
the above easy-handler will work

(define-easy-handler (form-page :uri "/")
    ()
  (with-html-output-to-string (out)
    (:form :action "/process"
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[0]" :value "37")
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[1]" :value "38")
     (:input :type "text" :name "task[2]" :value "36")
     (:input :type "submit" :value "Process"))))

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 11:19 PM, Jim Barrows <jim.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> Fixed that, and it didn't work.  I went through all three permutations
> (define-easy-handler (task-prioritize-url-handler :uri *task-prioritize*)
> ((task :parameter-type 'list)) (task-prioritize task))
>
> results in:
> [2013-02-09 12:18:40 [DEBUG]] task-prioritize NIL
>
> [2013-02-09 12:18:40 [DEBUG]] parameters ((task[] . 37) (task[] . 38)
>                                           (task[] . 36))
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ala'a Mohammad <amalawi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> the parameter name is "task[]", not "tasks" used as a default name for
>> the 'tasks' parameter in the easy handler.
>>
>> try using real-name
>>
>> HiH
>>
>> Ala'a
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Jim Barrows <jim.barrows at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm a Lisp newbie trying to use the jquery ui sortable widget
>> > (http://api.jqueryui.com/sortable/) to sort a list of tasks.
>> > The plugin posts the list of tasks as:
>> >
>> > task[]:
>> > 37
>> > task[]:
>> > 36
>> > task[]:
>> > 38
>> >
>> >
>> > Which Hunchentoot sees as:
>> > [2013-02-09 11:15:34 [DEBUG]] parameters ((task[] . 37) (task[] . 36)
>> >                                           (task[] . 38))
>> >
>> > However, when I use this handler:
>> > (define-easy-handler (task-prioritize-url-handler :uri
>> > *task-prioritize*)
>> > (tasks) (task-prioritize tasks))
>> >
>> > I get:
>> > [2013-02-09 11:38:52 [DEBUG]] task-prioritize NIL
>> >
>> > [2013-02-09 11:38:52 [DEBUG]] parameters ((task[] . 36) (task[] . 38)
>> >                                           (task[] . 37))
>> >
>> > If I use:
>> > (define-easy-handler (task-prioritize-url-handler :uri
>> > *task-prioritize*)
>> > ((tasks :parameter-type 'array)) (task-prioritize tasks))
>> > I get:
>> > [2013-02-09 11:36:07 [DEBUG]] task-prioritize #()
>> >
>> > [2013-02-09 11:36:07 [DEBUG]] parameters ((task[] . 37) (task[] . 36)
>> >                                           (task[] . 38))
>> >
>> > If I use:
>> > (define-easy-handler (task-prioritize-url-handler :uri
>> > *task-prioritize*)
>> > ((tasks :parameter-type 'list)) (task-prioritize tasks))
>> > I get:
>> > [2013-02-09 11:37:32 [DEBUG]] task-prioritize NIL
>> >
>> > [2013-02-09 11:37:32 [DEBUG]] parameters ((task[] . 37) (task[] . 36)
>> >                                           (task[] . 38))
>> >
>> > My understanding from the documentation is that I should end up with a
>> > list
>> > of id's in the var task when is all said and done.  Could someone tell
>> > me
>> > what I'm doing wrong that that isn't happening?  Or help clarify my
>> > understanding?
>> >
>> > Thanks so much!
>> > --
>> > James A Barrows
>> >
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