Passing content from to api controller</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2016-12-29T14:59:17.127" class="fromnow">Dec 29 '16 at 14:59</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2016-12-29T15:19:37.330" datetime="2016-12-29T15:19:37.330">Dec 29 '16 at 15:19</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 54 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 54 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="41382152" data-ownerid="7049371" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="41382152"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I'm trying to pass content from a form (in a modal) to an api_controller. But I can't get the text out of my <code><textarea></code>... even with a simple <strong>alert</strong></p> <p>//Simple HTML-BOOTSTRAP form </p><div class="snippet" data-babel="false" data-console="true" data-hide="false" data-lang="js"> <div class="snippet-code"> <pre class="snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override"><code><div class="modal-dialog modal65resp"> <div class="modal-content">  <div class="modal-header"> <h4>New File</h4> </div>  <div class="modal-body"> <form id="newfileform" class="form-horizontal">  <div class="form-group"> <label for="filename" class="col-sm-2 control-label">FileName:</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input name="filename" type="text" class="form-control" id="filename" placeholder="FileName"> </div> </div>  <div class="form-group"> <label for="txtarea1" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Text:</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <textarea type="text" name="txtarea1" id="txtarea1"></textarea> </div> </div>  <div class="form-group"> <label for="apath" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Absolute Path:</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input name="savepath" type="text" class="form-control" id="savepath" placeholder="Absolute Path" readonly> </div> </div> </form> </div>  <div class="modal-footer"> <div class="pull-left"> <div id="info"></div> </div> <div class="pull-right"> <a class="btn btn-default " data-dismiss="modal">Cancel</a> <a class="btn btn-success " onclick="SaveFile()">Save File</a> </div> </div> </div> </div></code></pre> </div> </div> <p>And this is the script I'm trying to get working an a textarea, with CKEditor in use.</p> <p>//script</p> <pre><code><script> CKEDITOR.replace('txtarea1'); 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This will help as it shows what is wrong with your code. And here is the working fiddle for your code. https://jsfiddle.net/e6db4L3u/</span> – <a href="../../users/5074858/xxcodexx" title="438 reputation" class="comment-user ">xxCodexx</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/41382152/passing-content-from-textarea-to-api-controller#comment69967029_41382152"><span title="2016-12-29T15:24:56.313 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Dec 29 '16 at 15:24</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="41382488"></a> <div id="answer-41382488" class="answer accepted-answer" data-answerid="41382488" data-ownerid="2634663" data-score="0" itemprop="acceptedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="41382488"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <div class="js-accepted-answer-indicator grid--cell fc-green-500 py6 mtn8"><div class="ta-center"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconCheckmarkLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="m6 14 8 8L30 6v8L14 30l-8-8v-8z"></path></svg></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You can access your CKEDITOR instance using <code>CKEDITOR.instances.txtarea1</code> and get the HTML using <code>getData</code>: </p> <p><code>CKEDITOR.instances.txtarea1.getData();</code></p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Dec 29 '16 at 15:19">answered Dec 29 '16 at 15:19</time> <a href="../../users/2634663/andres-andrade" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2634663.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Andrés Andrade" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2634663/andres-andrade" class="s-user-card--link">Andrés Andrade</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">2,213</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="2 gold badges">2</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="18 silver badges">18</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="23 bronze badges">23</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-41382488" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="41382488" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-69968255" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="69968255" data-comment-owner-id="7049371" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment69968255_41382488"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Works like a charm! Thanks Andrés</span> – <a href="../../users/7049371/dashed" title="59 reputation" class="comment-user owner">dashed</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/41382152/passing-content-from-textarea-to-api-controller#comment69968255_41382488"><span title="2016-12-29T16:01:32.417 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Dec 29 '16 at 16:01</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>