jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid - Topic: REST support

OlegK on REST support

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:09:53 +0200

You can use mtype option:

$("#list").jqGrid('navGrid','#pager', {},
                       { mtype: "PUT" },   // Edit options
                       { mtype: "POST" }, // Add options
                       { mtype: "DELETE" }); // Del option

To set delete option you can use also jQuery.extend(jQuery.jgrid.del, {mtype: "DELETE"});

Best regards
Oleg

ludoo on REST support

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:20:21 +0200

Thanks for really useful informations ans links !

But i don't find where the methods PUT, POST, DELETE, GET are set depending on CRUD operation.

And i encountered a JSON conversion mapping since JSON should be strong typed and grid always returns String ("true" instead true...)

Regards

LudoO

OlegK on REST support

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:10:06 +0200

Hello LudoO,

RESTful services on the server side are supported since a long time by jqGrid. To load data from the REST you can use

ajaxGridOptions: { contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8' },
serializeGridData: function (postData) {
return JSON.stringify(postData);
}

where JSON.stringify function (the corresponding JavaScript can be downloaded from http://www.json.org/js.html).

To use almost the same setting for formedit:

ajaxEditOptions: { contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8" },
serializeEditData: function (postdata) {
return JSON.stringify(postData);
}

You can set the settings per jQuery.extend(jQuery.jgrid.edit, {...}); and jQuery.extend(jQuery.jgrid.del, {...});.

To use URL in RESTfull style for Add/Edit

onclickSubmit: function(rp_ge, postdata) { rp_ge.url = urlEdit + '/' + postdata.list_id; }

and for Delete

serializeDelData: function (postdata) {
return ""; // the body MUST be empty in DELETE HTTP requests
}

Here are some links with the code examples: this, this, this, this, this.

Best regards
Oleg

ludoo on REST support

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:52:54 +0200

Please add a native way to support REST methods in formedit.

This will be a great addition !

I've got a working solution as a personal patch for 3.8.2, but a native solution will be great !

Thansk

LudoO