<html> <head> <script src="jquery-2.1.4.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css"> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <h1>Create Issue</h1> <form id="create-form"> Summary: <input type="text" name="summary" id="summary" value=""/> Description: <input type="text" name="description" id="description" value="" /> Issue Type: <input type="text" name="type" id="type" value=""/> Username: <input type="text" name="user" id="user" value=""/> Password: <input type="password" name="pass" id="pass" value=""/> <input type="button" id="button" value="Create Issue"/> </form> </div> <script> $('#button').click(function() { $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "jiraapi.php", data: $('#create-form').serialize(), success: function(data){ alert(data); }, dataType: "html" }); }); </script> </body> </html>