jQuery-form-serializer

Serialize forms to JSON objects in a friendly way.

Example

<form class="form-horizontal demo-form">
    <fieldset>
        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="first-name">First name</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <input id="first-name" data-field="name.first" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md" required="">
                <span class="help-block">Enter your first name.</span>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="last-name">Last name</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <input id="last-name" data-field="name.last" type="text" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md" required="">
                <span class="help-block">Enter your first name.</span>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="age">Age</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <input id="age" data-convert-to="number" data-field="age" type="number" placeholder="" class="form-control input-md" data-delete-if="0" required="">
                <span class="help-block">How old are you? If you provide <code>0</code>, the <code>age</code> field will be deleted.</span>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="developer">Developer</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <input id="developer" data-field="developer" type="checkbox" data-value="prop" data-params="checked">
                <span class="help-block">How old are you? If you provide <code>0</code>, the <code>age</code> field will be deleted.</span>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="bio">Bio</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <textarea class="form-control" data-field="bio" id="bio" placeholder="Write something cool...">I'm a web developer and pianist from Romania.</textarea>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="readonly">Readonly</label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <span data-field="readonly" id="readonly" data-value="html">I'm readonly content and my value is taken with <code>data-value="html"</code>.</span>
            </div>
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="col-md-4 control-label" for="submit"></label>
            <div class="col-md-5">
                <button id="submit" class="btn btn-success">Submit</button>
            </div>
        </div>

    </fieldset>
</form>
<script src="path/to/jQuery.js"></script>
<script src="path/to/jQuery-serializer.js"></script>
<script>
    $("form")
        .serializer();
        .on("serializer:data", function (e, formData) {
            alert(JSON.stringify(formData));
        })
        ;
</script>

Documentation

serializer()

Create the form serializer.

Return

• jQuery The selected elements.

Events

serializer:data ⬅️

This event is used to listen for form data.

$("form").on("serializer:data", function (e, formData) {
    /* do something with formData */
});

serializer:submit ➡️

When serializer:submit is triggered, then the form is serializer and the data comes in the serializer:data callback.

$("form").trigger("serializer:submit");

serializer:fill ➡️

By triggering serializer:fill the form is filled with data that is sent.

var formData = { name: { first: "Alice" } };
$("form").trigger("serializer:fill", [formData]);

Attributes

Value	Description	Default value	Required	Example
data-field	Name of the key from object.	No default value.	Yes	data-field="author"
data-value	It's the name of the function how the value will be taken.	val	No (will take the default value)	data-value="text"
data-params	Params of jQuery function set as data-value.	No default value	Not required.	data-params="checked"
data-convert-to	The data type. Can be one of the following values: string number boolean json	No default value	Not required.	data-convert-to="boolean"
data-delete-if	If provided, the field will be deleted if it's equal with the attribute value.	No default value	Not required.	data-delete-if=""

How to contribute

1. File an issue in the repository, using the bug tracker, describing the contribution you'd like to make. This will help us to get you started on the right foot.
2. Fork the project in your account and create a new branch: your-great-feature.
3. Commit your changes in that branch.
4. Open a pull request, and reference the initial issue in the pull request message.

License

See the LICENSE file.