Not able to redirect to "index.html" after doing something with data. Find HERE in my code.

form syntax: ___ <body> <form id="formId" onsubmit="addStudentData()"></form> </body> __ Scripts: __ function addStudentData() { let name = document.getElementById('sname').value; let id = document.getElementById('sid').value; let year = document.getElementById('syear').value; let stream = document.getElementById('sstream').value; /* Form validation -- the fields should not be empty. */ if (name == null || name == "", id == null || id == "", year == null || year == "", stream == null || stream == "") { alert("Please fill all required fields."); return false; } /* Making a JSON object using the form values */ let studentObj = { 'name': name, 'year': year, 'stream': stream }; /* Pushing record to sessionStorage after stringify JSON Object*/ sessionStorage.setItem(id, JSON.stringify(studentObj)); /* Redirecting back to home page*/ alert("Done. Press OK, redirect to home page."); //HERE HERE HERE window.location = "index.html"; }

html javascript html5 forms web-storage

19th Mar 2018, 2:17 PM

Ashutosh

5 Answers

+ 4

Try to specify an absolute url, rather than a relative one (using "http://domain-name.ext/file" instead just "file")... Especially if you're are testing the code in sololearn playground ^^ Else try other ways to redirect, but maybe you must specify what's happened and/or what error you get instead of redirection... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/location https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_loc_href.asp

20th Mar 2018, 3:02 AM

visph

+ 1

Tried, but not working.

19th Mar 2018, 2:54 PM

Ashutosh

+ 1

the return keyword was missing in the onsubmit="return addStudent()";..it's now working thanks for the help.

21st Mar 2018, 6:16 PM

Ashutosh

try adding a href to the window.location, like the below. window.location.href = "index.html"; or window.location.href = "http://your-domain.com/index.html";

19th Mar 2018, 2:26 PM

ihateonions

window.location.replace('http://example.com'); It’s better than using window.location.href = ‘http://example.com’; Using replace() is better because it does not keep the originating page in the session history, meaning the user won’t get stuck in a never-ending back-button fiasco. If you want to simulate someone clicking on a link, use window.location.href If you want to simulate an HTTP redirect, use window.location.replace You can use assign() and replace methods also to javascript redirect to other pages like the following: location.assign("http://example.com"); The difference between replace() method and assign() method(), is that replace() removes the URL of the current document from the document history, means it is not possible to use the “back” button to navigate back to the original document. So Use the assign() method if you want to load a new document, andwant to give the option to navigate back to the original document. http://net-informations.com/js/iq/load.htm

7th Nov 2022, 6:30 AM

fostercarly