JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Sunny Jain
HTML
<button onclick="createTable()">Create Table</button>
<table id="datatable">
<tr><th>Select</th><th>Name</th><th>DOB</th></tr>
</table>
<button onclick="saveData()">Save Selected</button>
<br />
<div class="container"></div>
<button onclick="logSavedData()">Get Saved Data</button>
<button id="showExtForm-btn">Open External Form</button>
CSS
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-collapse: collapse;
padding: 10px;
}
.parent {
height: 25%;
width: 90%;
padding: 1%;
margin-left: 1%;
margin-top: 1%;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.parent:nth-child(odd){
background: skyblue;
}
.parent:nth-child(even){
background: green;
}
label {
float: left;
width: 80px;
}
input, textarea {
width: 130px;
}
JavaScript
function createTable() {
$.getJSON("https://api.randomuser.me/?results=5", function(data) {
$('#datatable tr:has(td)').remove();
data.results.forEach(function (record) {
var json = JSON.stringify(record);
$('#datatable').append(
$('<tr>').append(
$('<td>').append(
$('<input>').attr('type', 'checkbox')
.addClass('selectRow')
.val(json)
),
$('<td>').append(
$('<a>').attr('href', record.picture.thumbnail)
.addClass('imgurl')
.attr('target', '_blank')
.text(record.name.first)
),
$('<td>').append(record.dob)
)
);
})
}).fail(function(error) {
console.log("**********AJAX ERROR: " + error);
});
}
var savedData = new Map; // Keyed by image URL. Start with nothing.
function saveData(){
var errors = [];
// Add selected to map
$('input.selectRow:checked').each(function(count) {
// Get the JSON that is stored as value for the checkbox
var obj = JSON.parse($(this).val());
// See if this URL was already collected (that's easy with Set)
if (savedData.get(obj.picture.thumbnail)) {
errors.push(obj.name.first);
} else {
// Append it to the Map:
savedData.set(obj.picture.thumbnail, obj);
}
});
refreshDisplay();
if (errors.length) {
alert('The following were already selected:\n' + errors.join('\n'));
}
}
function refreshDisplay() {
$('.container').html('');
savedData.forEach(function (obj) {
// Reset container, and append collected data (use jQuery for appending)
$('.container').append(
$('<div>').addClass('parent').append(
$('<label>').addClass('dataLabel').text('Name: '),
obj.name.first + ' ' + obj.name.last,
$('<br>'), // line-break between name & pic
$('<img>').addClass('myLink').attr('src', obj.picture.thumbnail), $('<br>'),
$('<label>').addClass('dataLabel').text('Date of birth:...