i have a js search in my page that i don't get perfectly how does work because i don't know 100% js and jquery. As far as i think the code takes the input and search match with a link to a database that returns a JSON value depending on what name you put on the link (?name="the-input-name-here"), then, the code parse the json and determinates if the name of the input it's a valid surname and if it is the check if it has a running page, if it has redirects you to that page. If the input is a valid surname but doesn't have a running page it redirects you to "landing-page-yes.html". If the input isn't a valid surname it redirects you to "landing-page-no.html".
I need help to understand how the code does this in order to make a simplify version. How that call to another url database is parsed by the js ? How can i think something similar with a backend and ajax ? I need to understand 100% what this code does and i'm kinda lost.
THANKS !
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="srchid" width="100" onkeypress="submitonenter(document.getElementById('srchid').value, event, this)" />
<input onclick="nameCheck(document.getElementById('srchid').value);" value="CLICK HERE" type="button" style="background-color:#990033; color:#fff;border-style:outset;">
<div id="nameresults"></div>
<script >
<!--
Array.prototype.contains = function(obj) {
var i = this.length;
while (i--) {
if (this[i] === obj) {
return true;
}
} return false;
}
function cursor_wait() {
document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
}
// Returns the cursor to the default pointer
function cursor_clear() {
document.body.style.cursor = 'default';
}
function nameCheck(sName) {
sName = trim(sName);
if(sName == ""){
alert("Please enter a name!");
return false;
}
cursor_wait();
routeToNameLookup(sName);
cursor_clear();
}
function $(id){return document.getElementById(id);}
// Get JSONP
function getJSON(url){
var s = document.createElement('script');
s.setAttribute('src',url);
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s);
}
function testcb(data){
//alert(data[0]);
}
function loaded(data) {
var name = document.getElementById('srchid').value;
var xmlhttp2;
//Using innerHTML just once to avoid multi reflow
$("nameresults").innerHTML = data[0];
if($("nameresults").innerHTML == 1){
if(data[1] == 1){
//display name page with content
var sNewName = name.replace (/'/g, ""); //remove any '
sNewName = removeSpaces(sNewName);
sNewName = convertNonAscii(sNewName);
//redirect to name crest
var sUrl = "http://www.heraldicjewelry.com/" + sNewName.toLowerCase() + "-crest-page.html";
//getJSON("http://www.gohapp.com/updatenamesearch.php?id=" + data[2] + "&pageurl=" + sUrl + "&callback=testcb");
//postwith(sUrl,{'pname':name});
window.location=sUrl;
} else {
//post to yes page
//postwith("http://www.heraldicjewelry.com/landing-page-yes.html",{'pname':name});
window.location="http://www.heraldicjewelry.com/landing-page-yes.html";
}
} else {
//post to no page
//postwith("http://www.heraldicjewelry.com/landing-page-no.html",{'pname':name});
window.location="http://www.heraldicjewelry.com/landing-page-no.html";
}
$("nameresults").innerHTML = "";
}
function routeToNameLookup(sSrchName) {
var name = document.getElementById('srchid').value;
if(sSrchName==""){
alert("Please enter your family name.");
} else {
var rn=Math.floor(Math.random()*1000000000000001)
getJSON("http://www.gohapp.com/namesearch_new.php?name="+name+"&rec=1&callback=loaded&rn="+rn);
}
}
function trim (sStr) {
var str = sStr.replace(/^\s+/, '');
for (var i = str.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (/\S/.test(str.charAt(i))) {
str = str.substring(0, i + 1);
break;
}
}
return str;
}
function postwith (to,p) {
var myForm = document.createElement("form");
myForm.method="post" ;
myForm.action = to ;
for (var k in p) {
var myInput = document.createElement("input") ;
myInput.setAttribute("name", k) ;
myInput.setAttribute("value", p[k]);
myForm.appendChild(myInput) ;
}
document.body.appendChild(myForm) ;
myForm.submit() ;
document.body.removeChild(myForm) ;
}
function removeSpaces(string) {
return string.split(' ').join('');
}
var PLAIN_ASCII =
"AaEeIiOoUu" // grave
+ "AaEeIiOoUuYy" // acute
+ "AaEeIiOoUuYy" // circumflex
+ "AaOoNn" // tilde
+ "AaEeIiOoUuYy" // umlaut
+ "Aa" // ring
+ "Cc" // cedilla
+ "OoUu" // double acute
;
var UNICODE =
"\u00C0\u00E0\u00C8\u00E8\u00CC\u00EC\u00D2\u00F2\u00D9\u00F9"
+ "\u00C1\u00E1\u00C9\u00E9\u00CD\u00ED\u00D3\u00F3\u00DA\u00FA\u00DD\u00FD"
+ "\u00C2\u00E2\u00CA\u00EA\u00CE\u00EE\u00D4\u00F4\u00DB\u00FB\u0176\u0177"
+ "\u00C3\u00E3\u00D5\u00F5\u00D1\u00F1"
+ "\u00C4\u00E4\u00CB\u00EB\u00CF\u00EF\u00D6\u00F6\u00DC\u00FC\u0178\u00FF"
+ "\u00C5\u00E5"
+ "\u00C7\u00E7"
+ "\u0150\u0151\u0170\u0171"
;
// remove accentued from a string and replace with ascii equivalent
function convertNonAscii(s) {
if (s == null)
return null;
var sb = '';
var n = s.length;
for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
var c = s.charAt(i);
var pos = UNICODE.indexOf(c);
if (pos > -1) {
sb += PLAIN_ASCII.charAt(pos);
} else {
sb += c;
}
}
return sb;
}
function submitonenter(name, evt,thisObj) {
evt = (evt) ? evt : ((window.event) ? window.event : "")
if (evt) {
// process event here
if ( evt.keyCode==13 || evt.which==13 ) {
thisObj.blur();
nameCheck(name);
//alert("looking for " + name);
}
}
}
//-->
</script>
</div>