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// wait for the DOM to be loaded $(document).ready(function() { var options = { target: ‘#videos’, // target element(s) to be updated with server response beforeSubmit: showRequest, // pre-submit callback success: showResponse // post-submit callback // other available options: //url: url // override for form’s ‘action’ attribute //type: type // ‘get’ or ‘post’, override for form’s ‘method’ attribute //dataType: null // ‘xml’, ‘script’, or ‘json’ (expected server response type) //clearForm: true // clear all form fields after successful submit //resetForm: true // reset the form after successful submit // $.ajax options can be used here too, for example: //timeout: 3000 }; // pre-submit callback function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) { // formData is an array; here we use $.param to convert it to a string to display it // but the form plugin does this for you automatically when it submits the data var queryString = $.param(formData); // jqForm is a jQuery object encapsulating the form element. To access the // DOM element for the form do this: // var formElement = jqForm[0]; console.log(‘About to submit: nn’ + queryString); // here we could return false to prevent the form from being submitted; // returning anything other than false will allow the form submit to continue return true; } // post-submit callback function showResponse(responseText, statusText, xhr, $form) { // for normal html responses, the first argument to the success callback // is the XMLHttpRequest object’s responseText property // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType // property set to ‘xml’ then the first argument to the success callback // is the XMLHttpRequest object’s responseXML property // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType // property set to ‘json’ then the first argument to the success callback // is the json data object returned by the server console.log(‘status: ‘ + statusText + ‘nnresponseText: n’ + responseText + ‘nnThe output div should have already been updated with the responseText.’); } $(‘#video-search-form’).ajaxForm(options); });