How to replace window.open(...) with a POST

Question

I currently have some code that runs a window.open(urlWithGetParams) line. As far as I'm aware, this is going to force me to use a GET request. I would like to do this with a POST request. Is there a workaround for this?

I'm not married to window.open(), either. I'm open to just about any alternative that allows me to spawn a new window via a POST request instead of a GET.

Answer 1

In fact I made a small "library" for this, open in POST a new window :

// Arguments : //  verb : 'GET'|'POST' //  target : an optional opening target (a name, or "_blank"), defaults to "_self" window.io = {     open: function(verb, url, data, target){         var form = document.createElement("form");         form.action = url;         form.method = verb;         form.target = target || "_self";         if (data) {             for (var key in data) {                 var input = document.createElement("textarea");                 input.name = key;                 input.value = typeof data[key] === "object"                     ? JSON.stringify(data[key])                     : data[key];                 form.appendChild(input);             }         }         form.style.display = 'none';         document.body.appendChild(form);         form.submit();         document.body.removeChild(form);     } }; 

Example :

io.open('POST', 'fileServer.jsp', {request: {key:"42", cols:[2, 3, 34]}}); 

To open in a new window, set the target parameter :

io.open('POST', someURL, someArgs, 'newwin'); 

or to ensure it's a new window/tab each time :

io.open('POST', someURL, someArgs, '_blank');