For this job you should go with javascriptRoutes as it generates correct JS paths based on your routes.conf. You'll find usage sample in Zentask sample
Anyway, for now you can fix your AJAX call by changing the url to
url : '@routes.Application.saveDefaultPhoneForUser()',
This way requires it to place the whole JS in template, which is wrong. It can or even should be moved to separate JS file and to make it possible you need to use javascriptRoutes.
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javascriptRoutes are not described yet in official documentation, but here's step-by-step introduction to it. Although the description looks sophisticated de facto using this way brings a lot of benefits.
1. Create the common routes
First you need to create common routes in conf/routes file:
GET /item/:id controllers.Application.getItem(id: Long)
POST /item/new controllers.Application.newItem
PUT /item/:id controllers.Application.updateItem(id: Long)
Of course, you need to create at least these three actions in Application controller:
getItem(Long id){ ... }newItem() { ... }updateItem(Long id) { ... }
2. Create an action translating common routes to JS
- place it somewhere, ie. in your
Application controller
- Let's call it
javascriptRoutes()
In that action you'll point the existing routes from the conf/routes file
public static Result javascriptRoutes() {
response().setContentType("text/javascript");
return ok(
Routes.javascriptRouter("myJsRoutes",
routes.javascript.Application.getItem(),
routes.javascript.Application.newItem(),
routes.javascript.Application.updateItem(),
//inside somepackage
controllers.somepackage.routes.javascript.Application.updateItem()
)
);
}
Note: Don't set any params in brackets.
3. Create a route for javascriptRoutes action and include it in your template
Route conf/routes
GET /javascriptRoutes controllers.Application.javascriptRoutes
View in <head> part of /views/main.scala.html
<script type="text/javascript" src='@routes.Application.javascriptRoutes()'></script>
4. Use javascriptRoutes where you want
Up from now you can use routes in JS to get the correct path without need to specify the url and type. For an example instead of:
$('.getAjaxForThisContainer').click(function(e) {
var idToGet = $("#someField").val();
$.ajax({
type : 'GET',
url : '@routes.Application.getItem()',
data : {
id: idToGet
},
success : function(data) {
// ... some code on success
}
});
return false;
});
you can use simplified version (myJsRoutes from point 2):
myJsRoutes.controllers.Application.getItem(idToGet).ajax({
success : function(data) { ... some code ... }
});
or
myJsRoutes.controllers.Application.newItem().ajax({
success : function(data) { ... some code ... }
});
etc...
- you don't need to specify
type: "POST" - JS router will use correct method according to conf/routes rule
- you can set
id of the record (or other params) to GET or PUT (or other methods) using routes-like syntax in pure JS
- If your route rule contains all required params you can really minimize yours JS:
for route:
GET /some/:a/:b/:c controllers.Application.getABC(a: String, b: Integer, c: String)
JS:
myJsRoutes.controllers.Application.getABC("a", 1, "b" ).ajax({});
