javascript post request

post_request.js

function postRequest(path, params, method) {
  method = method || 'POST';
  var form = document.createElement("form");
  form.setAttribute("method", method);
  form.setAttribute("action", path);
  for(var key in params) {
    if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
      var hiddenField = document.createElement("input");
      hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
      hiddenField.setAttribute("name", key);
      hiddenField.setAttribute("value", params[key]);
      form.appendChild(hiddenField);
    }
  }
  var hiddenField = document.createElement("input");
  var csrftoken = getCookie('csrftoken');
  hiddenField.setAttribute('name', 'csrfmiddlewaretoken');
  hiddenField.setAttribute('value', csrftoken);
  form.appendChild(hiddenField);
  document.body.appendChild(form);
  form.submit();
}