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dashboard_static/lib/form.js

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+(function($, block) {
+block.fn.form = function(config) {
+    var options = $.extend({
+        target: null,
+        callback: function() {}
+    }, config);
+
+    // see if we can grab the action from the form tag
+    if(options.target === null) {
+        var action = this.$element.find("form").attr('action');
+        if(typeof action !== 'undefined') {
+            options.target = action;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // check for sane config
+    if(options.target === null) {
+        console.log("The 'form' block requires a target option to know where to send the request.");
+        return this.$element;
+    }
+
+    // set up submit handler
+    var $block = this.$element;
+    $block.find("form").submit(function(event) {
+        var payload = {};
+
+        // handle simple fields
+        $block.find("textarea[name], select[name]").each(function() {
+            payload[this.name] = this.value;
+        });
+
+        // handle the more complex fields
+        $block.find("input[name]").each(function() {
+            switch($(this).attr('type')) {
+                // radio buttons usually have a single selected option per name
+                case 'radio':
+                    if($(this).prop('checked')) {
+                        payload[this.name] = this.value;
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                // checkboxes are akin to a bitfield
+                case 'checkbox':
+                    // build a map of checked values for this name
+                    if(typeof payload[this.name] === 'undefined') {
+                        payload[this.name] = [];
+                    }
+                    if($(this).prop('checked')) {
+                        payload[this.name].push(this.value);
+                    }
+                    break;
+
+                // default to storing the value
+                default:
+                    payload[this.name] = this.value;
+                    break;
+            }
+        });
+
+        event.preventDefault();
+
+        // fire and forget the datablob
+        $.ajax(options.target,{
+            method: 'POST',
+            data: JSON.stringify(payload)
+        }).then(options.callback);
+    });
+
+    return this.$element;
+}
+
+})(jQuery, block);