function post(path, params, method) { method = method || "post"; // Set method to post by default if not specified. // The rest of this code assumes you are not using a library. // It can be made less wordy if you use one. var form = document.createElement("form"); form.setAttribute("method", method); form.setAttribute("action", path); for(var key in params) { if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) { var hiddenField = document.createElement("input"); hiddenField.setAttribute("type", "hidden"); hiddenField.setAttribute("name", key); hiddenField.setAttribute("value", params[key]); form.appendChild(hiddenField); } } document.body.appendChild(form); form.submit();}
Example:
post('/contact/', { name: 'Johnny Bravo'});