I have two really simple form that looks like this:

<form name='a' id='a'> // form a
     <input type="text" name="x" id="x"> //input 1
     <input type="text" name="y" id="y"> //input 2
     <button>submit</button>
</form>

when the form a is submitted, the URL query string will look like example.com/?x=1&y=2

<form name='b' id='b' method="POST"> //form b
     <input type="hidden" name="sum" id="sum"> // hidden input sum
</form>

I have a computation script code that calculates the sum of input 1 and input 2 then stores the sum to hidden "input sum" inside "form b"

<script>
     window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(){ 
        function calculate(){
             // I want it also to work when someone paste the url example.com/?x=1&y=2
             const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
             x = urlParams.get('x')
             y = urlParams.get('y')
             sum = parseInt(x) parseInt(y)
             document.getElementById('sum').value = sum //store sum to hidden input
          }
      calculate()
    });
    
</script>

How do I send value of hidden "input sum" to the backend(Django) when someone submits form a or paste the URL?

I prefer something like this if such thing is viable:

if sum.value not empty:
   form_b.submit()
   form_b.prevent_page_refresh

I don't know if this is possible or how to implement such in js or ajax, if not I'm open to all ideas.

Edit: Ajax solution right after def function calculate(){...}, And removed the 2nd form:

 $.ajax({
           type:'POST',
           url:'{% url "index"%}',
           headers: {
           'X-CSRFToken': '{{ csrf_token }}'
           },
           data:{
              sum:sum,
               },
          success: function(){}});   

CodePudding user response：

Not sure I'm getting your point exactly, but I think this is what you're looking for?

const form = document.getElementById('a');
const sumInput = document.getElementById('sum');
function calculate() {
    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
    x = urlParams.get('x');
    y = urlParams.get('y');
    const sum = parseInt(x)   parseInt(y);
    sumInput.value = sum;
    fetch('http://localhost:8000', {
        method: 'POST', 
        body: JSON.stringify({
            value: sum
        })
    });
}
window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
    calculate()
});

<form name="a" id="a" onsubmit="calculate">
    <input type="text" name="x" id="x"> 
    <input type="text" name="y" id="y">
    <button>submit</button>
    <input type="hidden" name="sum" id="sum">
</form>

<iframe name="sif1" sandbox="allow-forms allow-modals allow-scripts" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Basically, a simple form that calculates the result and posts it? Not sure what's use for the hidden input, then.