Forms should be submittable without JS

[JeffersonBledsoe]

The current form relies on the onSubmit handler to submit to the backend. Adding an action with a URL of path + /@submit-form should allow these forms to work without JS (I haven't tested to see if the backend package will handle these form submissions yet, so some adjustments may need to be made to collective.volto.formsupport.

What we need

• A normal form submission is made on the client
• This form submission hits the Volto frontend
• The form submission is routed to the corresponding API endpoint on the backend

Proposed solution

• Catch the form submission in a volto middleware
• Check the mimetype for a form submission
• Convert it to JSON and submit to the 'normal' JSON endpoint.
• Create a mapping object/ function to optionally convert form name keys into a different key in the JSON
• Create a config to specify what the backend endpoint route should be
  • Could this be done with hidden inputs?

[alisedaghatbaf]

I get the following error when trying to submit a form. Let me know what I am missing here.

[JeffersonBledsoe]

Hi @alisedaghatbaf. Have you got the collective.volto.formsupport addon installed in your site? volto-form-block (this package) provides the UI for form editing while collective.volto.formsupport provides the backend API endpoints for submitting forms, storing data, etc.

[alisedaghatbaf]

Hi @alisedaghatbaf. Have you got the collective.volto.formsupport addon installed in your site? volto-form-block (this package) provides the UI for form editing while collective.volto.formsupport provides the backend API endpoints for submitting forms, storing data, etc.

yes, have done that.

[tiberiuichim]

@alisedaghatbaf In running Volto or Plone, go to the Control panel > Addons and enable the collective.volto.formsupport