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Hannah Stahl
991 PointsHow to open AJAX response in new window
Hi, I am currently working on an HTML/JavaScript/Python project. I am creating a web dashboard that has a list of options and, when you click on an option, an AJAX request is submitted to a Python CGI file that sends an HTML template back. As of now, I am displaying this HTML template in the current window. However, I would like to keep what I have in the current window and open this new HTML template in a different tab. I have an HTML file written out for this new page, with a title, style, etc. I want to put my new HTML code into the body of this page, instead of the body of the current page. The code I have written to try to do this is:
var w = window.open(http://localhost/newpage.html);
$(w.document).open();
$(w.document.body).html(response);
$(w.document).close();
However, it is not adding my response (the new HTML code) into the body of the new web page. It isn't throwing an error; it just simply isn't showing my new code. I've searched the Internet but cannot figure out the problem. Please help!!
2 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Hannah Stahl,
Are you adding this code as part of the AJAX callback function? It has to go in the callback, because you need to wait for the response to come back from the server, before you can add the HTML to the new window.
Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Hannah Stahl
Try it without specifying a page -- also there are no close() or open() functions in jQuery:
var w = window.open();
$(w.document.body).html(response);
Hannah Stahl
991 PointsThis didn't work either unfortunately--it just opened up a new blank web page. I ended up, in my Python CGI file, just writing to an HTML file, and then, in the AJAX callback, opening that file in the web browser. This method seems to work just fine. I'm not sure why the other code didn't work for me, but oh well. Thank you for your help!
Hannah Stahl
991 PointsHannah Stahl
991 PointsYes, sorry--it is in the callback function. I have successfully gotten the callback to generate an HTML page in the current page, but now I'm trying to change it to get it to open the page in a new window. Thanks for any help!