Jquery $.post() - Possible to do a full page post request?

Question

I know I can do an out of band Post request with Jquery and the $.post( syntax. However, I'm interested to know if it is possible for jquery to cause a post request on the whole page (as when a form is submitted) so that a brand new page is loaded. Is this possible?

Thanks

There is no form element in the DOM, so I can't do form.submit().

Answer 1

Not sure if I got your question, but if you just want to redirect the client after posting, just direct the client in the callback function of the $.post like

jQuery.post( url, {}, function() { location.href = "somewhere_else.html"; } )

Answer 2

I think you're trying to re-implement the default behaviour. Just use the regular submit mechanism the browser provides.

If you need to check the data before you actually submit it to the server, bind a function to the onsubmit event and do your checks, then either interrupt the submit action by returning false or return true and let the browser do all the work. Does this make sense to you?