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JavaScript

maria ramirez
maria ramirez
12,068 Points
Posted by maria ramirez
maria ramirez
12,068 Points

contact form for react app -getting 404 error

Hi!, For some reason I cannot get this contact for to post to a mailer.php file I tried it with a full file path too but I keep getting POST http://localhost:3000/mailer.php 404 (Not Found) I don't understand why this is happening.. Here is my code:

import React, {Component} from 'react'
import axios from 'axios'
import $ from 'jquery'

export default class Contact extends Component{
  constructor(){
    super()
    this.state={
      name:"",
      email:"",
      message:""
    }
    this.handleSubmit=this.handleSubmit.bind(this)
    this.handleChange=this.handleChange.bind(this)

  }

  handleChange(e){
    let target=e.target
    let value=target.value
    let name=target.name
    this.setState({
      [name]: value
    })
  }

  handleSubmit(e){
    e.preventDefault
    $.ajax({
      type:'POST',
      url:'/mailer.php',
      data: {
        'name': this.state.name,
        'email': this.state.email,
        'message': this.state.message
      }
    }).done( function(response){
            console.log('success!')
      this.setState({
        name: '',
        email: '',
        message: ''
      })
}).fail(function (data){
      console.log('error')
    })
  }


  render(){
    return(
      <div className="contact-container">
            <form  onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}  >
              <h1>Stay in Touch!</h1>
              <div className="form-input">
                <label for="fname">Name</label>
                <input type="text" id="fname" name="name" value={this.state.name} onChange={this.handleChange}required/>
              </div>
              <div className="form-input" >
                <label for="email">Email</label>
                <input type="text" id="email" name="email" value={this.state.email} onChange={this.handleChange} required/>
              </div>
              <div className="form-input message">
                <label for="message">Message</label>
                <textarea id="message" name="message" value={this.state.message} onChange={this.handleChange} required></textarea>
              </div>
              <div className="form-input">
                <input type="submit" value="Send"/>
                </div>
            </form>
      </div>
    )
  }

}