Trailing Slash / need a drink

[Gary Austin]

I know I'm just a "beginner" with Processwire, but just spent hours trying to debug  downloading a PDF with a post variable providing the data for the PDF. 

I must have missed somewhere the need for a trailing / after the page name to get post variables.  Googling lots of stuff on  templates/ posts/pdf/ etc and finally saw a few threads on the / at end of url meaning something.   Added that and now I get my post data....

I don't like having to have a / at the end of the url the customer will see, but at least I can move forward now.   Hopefully I missed something obvious...

Anyway this forum area is entitled the Pub, and I certainly need a drink.

 

[adrian]

Sorry you had a battle

There is a template settings - under the URLS tab for changing whether URLs end in a slash or not

This thread is worth a read: https://processwire.com/talk/topic/16930-options-for-trailing-slashes-and-seo/ - it includes some links on slash vs no slash.

Also, just an FYI - variables in a URL are GET, not POST

[Gary Austin]

I'll read it.

I'm actually triggering a <form method="post" with jquery to send a post variable with my PDF data.  Finally saw 301's and then 200's with no post data and knew something was going a stray...

[Gary Austin]

Hmmm.. I run an Invision Board site and can edit posts, but I guess here is either not allowed for "Newbies" or at all.   Anyway @adrian is what I wanted to add to my post. 

Edit:  I see it must be short time limited...

Edited April 19, 2018 by Gary Austin

[elabx]

i also stumbled on this issue! Needed a drink too! Even asked a few days ago why this behaves like this!

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/14638-no-input-data-when-post-form-with-ajax/?tab=comments#comment-163444

 

[Gary Austin]

1 hour ago, elabx said:

i also stumbled on this issue! Needed a drink too! Even asked a few days ago why this behaves like this!

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/14638-no-input-data-when-post-form-with-ajax/?tab=comments#comment-163444

 

That is the exact issue I was up against and searching did not turn up that thread...