Can't open link with raw_html tab from HTML5 game

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Hello, I’m trying to open a link from my html5 game but I need to pass html data. Trying to use sys.open_url only allows me to pass a link, but I need to pass raw_html data like in webview.

Kindly assist.

My html data is like below:

local html_data = "<html>" ..
	"<body onload='document.form_one.submit()'>" ..
	"<div align='center'>" ..
	"<h3>" ..
	"Please Wait. You Will be Redirected Shortly<br/>" ..
	"Don't Press Back" ..
	"</h3>" ..
	"</div>" ..
	"<form method='post' action='https://somewhere.com/pay' name='form_one'>" ..
	"<input name='product_id' type='hidden' value='2005' />" ..
	"<input name='pay_item_id' type='hidden' value='150' />" ..
	"<input name='amount' type='hidden' value='" .. data['amount'] * 100 .. "' />" ..
	"<input name='currency' type='hidden' value='240' />" ..
	"</form>" ..
	"</body>" ..
	"</html>";

Passing my data in webview.open_raw() on Android works perfectly but I need the same for web

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The webview component is only available on Android and iOS. You could pass it as url encoded query argument:

sys.open_url("http://www.myurl.com?data=my_url_encoded_data")

Another option would be to use html5.run() and have javascript code in your index.html that does the job for you.

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Thanks for replying !

The url unfortunately only accepts POST data.
I’m trying to use html5.run() but it simply won’t accept my ajax. Here’s how I’m trying to do it.


local ajax_data =
	"<script type='text/javascript'>" ..
	"$(document).ready(function(){ " ..
		"$.ajax({ " ..
		"type:'POST', " ..
			"cache:false," ..
			"url:'https://somewhere.com/pay'," ..
			"data : { " ..
			       "product_id : '2005', " ..
				"pay_item_id : '150', " ..
				"amount : '".. data['amount'] * 100 .."', " ..
				"currency : '240'," .. 
				"txn_ref : '" .. txn_ref .. "' ," ..
				"}" ..
			"success: function (html) {" ..
			"	alert('Data was received sucessfully')" ..
			"}" ..
		"});" ..
	"})"..
	"</script>"

--here
html5.run(ajax_data).

I’m I missing something…

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html5.run() documentation says:

“Executes the supplied string as JavaScript inside the browser.”

You should not embed the javascript in a script tag. But I’m a bit confused in what you’re trying to do. Is the above the code you actually want to run? It’s a normal HTTP POST right? Why not do it from Lua using http.request()?

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Why not use http.request() directly?

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@britzl @Pkeod I can’t use defold’s http_request because my POST link redirects users to another portal where they need to fill in information hence i need a webview like component for html5 side of the game.

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Well, in that case I think you need to do the work through javascript in the embedding page, triggered via html5.run()

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Thanks everyone. html5.run() works great for what I want.
Here’s a link to something that helped me a lot for anyone else :
https://stackoverflow.com/a/43482781/3729302

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