Small library enabling simple XHR requests to the Nette Framework powered backends.

ajax.php

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/libs/Nette/loader.php';

Nette\Diagnostics\Debugger::enable();

$configurator = new Nette\Configurator();
$context = $configurator->getContainer();

$payload = array('foo' => 'bar');

$response = new Nette\Application\Responses\JSONResponse($payload);
$response->send($context->httpRequest, $context->httpResponse);

nclosure-test.js

// Copyright 2011 Vaclav Bohac <[email protected]>. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

/**
 * @fileoverview Small library enabling simple XHR requests
 * to the Nette Framework powered backends.
 */

goog.require('nclosure.xhr');


var testAjaxRequest = function () {
	asyncTestCase.waitForAsync();

	nclosure.xhr.get('ajax.php', function (response) {
		assertObjectEquals('Should receive foo : bar object from ajax.php', {'foo':'bar'}, response);
		asyncTestCase.continueTesting();
	});
};

var asyncTestCase = goog.testing.AsyncTestCase.createAndInstall();

nclosure.js

// Copyright 2011 Vaclav Bohac <[email protected]>. All Rights Reserved.
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS-IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

/**
 * @fileoverview Small library enabling simple XHR requests
 * to the Nette Framework powered backends.
 */

goog.provide('nclosure.xhr');

goog.require('goog.events')
goog.require('goog.net.XhrIo');


/**
 * This additional header helps Nette Framework
 * and maybe other frameworks aswell identify that
 * HTTP request was sended via AJAX.
 * @typedef {{string: string}}
 */
nclosure.xhr.XHR_HEADER = {
	'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'
};


/**
 * Makes AJAX GET request to the uri. On success
 * calls callback function with JSON payload.
 * @param {!string} uri uri to be requested
 * @param {function(object)} success function called on success
 */
nclosure.xhr.get = function (uri, success) {
	goog.net.XhrIo.send(uri, function (e) {
		if (typeof success === 'function') {
			success(e.target.getResponseJson());
		}
	}, null, 'GET', nclosure.xhr.XHR_HEADER);
};


goog.exportSymbol("nclosure.xhr.get", nclosure.xhr.get);