Do a post with an Ajax Tooltip

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  1. Anthony
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    Posted 19 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    Hi
      I'm expecting the answer 'no' here.

    Is it possible to do a POST call with a Kendo Tooltip rather than a GET? I appreciate it's probably an unusual request.

    thanks
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  3. Anthony
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    Posted 19 Sep 2014 in reply to Anthony Link to this post

    Just to add, the request will still be idempotent but I just anticipate unusual cases where I might have to pass a lot of querystring data
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    Alexander Popov
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    Posted 22 Sep 2014 Link to this post

    Hi Anthony,

    This could be achieved by passing a function to the Tooltip's content option instead of an object containing the url. The function can then be used to make a synchronous POST request, store its response in a variable and return it. For example: 
    content: function(e) {
      var result = "";
      $.ajax({
        async: false, //ensure the response is received before exiting the content function
        type: "POST",
        url: ...,
        success: function(r){
            result = r;
        }
      });
      return r;
    }

    Regards,
    Alexander Popov
    Telerik
     
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  7. Anthony
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    Posted 22 Sep 2014 in reply to Alexander Popov Link to this post

    great thanks
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  9. Marc
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    Posted 16 Dec 2015 Link to this post

    As an alternative to using synchronous POST requests, setting the e.options.type property in the requestStart event to POST will also work.

     

    $("#grid").kendoTooltip({
        filter: "td:nth-child(5)", //fifth column of the grid
        content: {
            url: ...
        },
        position: "bottom",
        requestStart: function(e) {
            e.options.type = "POST";
            e.options.data = ...;
        }
    });

     

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