Trigger HttpPost action method on page load without a button

Question

User1982683974 posted

Hello

I have a http post method and wanna post some data on the load of the page , the page doesn't have a button and that s the requirement.The issue is the action method is not even called 

my action method :

[HttpPost]
[ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult SubmitPerson(string id, AdvisementModel model)
{

and in the view:

using (Html.BeginForm("SubmitPerson", "Advisement", FormMethod.Post))
{
@Html.AntiForgeryToken()
@Html.HiddenFor(model => model.Token)

Answer 1

User-474980206 posted

odd requirement, the server does not really need to go to the client for this. the get action could build the model, and return the post method. anyway its simple, after the form add:

<script>document.forms[0].submit();</script>

Answer 2

User1982683974 posted

thank you, I just called the post method from the get method and it worked