Nirogen 2.x Documentation

Restful elements introduce the possibility to create forms that don't depend on AJAX/Javascript. This is sometimes useful, for example if you want to provide a fallback option when a client does not support javascript or sits behind a firewall that filters active content.

Check out the RESTful Forms Demo

Restful requests work a little different compared to the rest of Nitrogen. They don't use the event mechanism. Instead you have to render the reply either on a different page or check if wf:q(restful_method) is set to "post" or "get" depending on the method of the form. Form elements that don't rely on javascript are useable in restful_form elements. The elements that are supported are described below.

Each control within a #restful_form{} element will submit its Nitrogen id as the name of the field, unless overridden by specifying an html_name on the restful elements.

• Textbox
• Textarea
• Checkbox
• Dropdown
• Password Box
• Hidden Value
• Radio Button

Validators are not currently supported for restful_submit actions, so be sure extra sure to check your inputs.

case wf:q(restful_method) of
  "post" -> [
      % this is code is executed after the submit button was pressed

      #table{rows=[
          #tablerow{cells=[
              #tablecell{text="text_input"},
              #tablecell{text=wf:q(text_input)}
          ]}
       ]};
  _else -> [
      % this code is executed when restful_method is "get" 
      % or undefined

      #restful_form{id=restful_form, method=post, body=[
         #table{rows=[
              #tablerow{cells=[
                  #tablecell{text="text_input"},
                  #tablecell{body=[#textbox{id=text_input}]}
             ]}
          ]},
          #restful_reset{},
          #restful_submit{}
       ]}
  ]
end