$.post() html to another html file

Question

Is it at all possible to post HTML to an HTML file using jquery's post method.

for example:

$.post("database.html", "<div>Content</div>")

once a button is clicked I want to post to the database file and have this current file load in content from the database file using.

$.load("database.html")

Does anyone know how I could implement this method properly?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 09:39

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If I rewrite your question a bit: you want to pass data between two html pages. If you only use static html you cannot do that with javascript only. You have to send the data to a server and then use this data in your second html file.

But I think you quite misunderstood what http can or cannot do, I would recommend reading mozilla explanation

answered Mar 18 '18 at 09:39

Merlin

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Is it possible to do without a server? – LuckyPants Mar 18 '18 at 09:42
I don't believe so. The javascript context is reloaded each time you access a new HTML page so no data can be exchanged that way. – Merlin Mar 18 '18 at 09:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 16:21

It is possible to pass HTML content in POST from one HTML page to another. But in order to use or process received the data at the second HTML page, you'll need a programming language.

Read the accepted answer to question How to read the post request parameters using javascript.

$.post() html to another html file

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