JavaHTTPServer Get contents of (html) textbox on (html) button click

Question

my question is how to get the contents of a textbox in my javahttpserver webinterface

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Message - Send</title>
</head>
<body>

<input id="message" type="text"/>
<button id="message_send" type="button">Send</button>

</body>
</html>

Do I need to do it via javascript or java?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:49

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Call this function with jquery in it when the button is pushed. (I put an alert function in it so you can test it) Make sure you include the jquery.js

function getstuff(){
    var box = $("#textboxtarget").val();
    alert(box);
}

answered Aug 21 '15 at 13:49

Jeremy Board

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oh ok but how can I use it in my JavaApplication? – Scrumplex Aug 21 '15 at 13:51
So you're not doing a web page? – Jeremy Board Aug 21 '15 at 13:53
I am doing a webpage in my JavaHTTPServer and I need to get the contents of a Textbox in Java – Scrumplex Aug 21 '15 at 13:57
Oh, yeah, so that should work. What are you planning on doing with it? – Jeremy Board Aug 21 '15 at 13:59
So I am using an API (Java) for my Teamspeak 3 Server and I want to make a WebInterface to do some actions (e.g. sending messages to the server) – Scrumplex Aug 21 '15 at 14:23
Oh ok, well, I don't know any coding stuff for Teamspeak – Jeremy Board Aug 21 '15 at 14:31
ok but it solved my problem (my httpserver can use arguments and i just created a new site and gave the arguments. – Scrumplex Aug 21 '15 at 14:44
OK :). Glad I could help – Jeremy Board Aug 21 '15 at 14:46

JavaHTTPServer Get contents of (html) textbox on (html) button click

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