How to load content in a div with ajax?

Question

After validate with javascript that I'll be able to use the client location:

if (navigator.geolocation) {
...

I need to load the content of a view block with arguments (based in the position coords). I know how to obtain the HTML that I want to put inside the div, so at least I have this part.

I tried to follow the Simple Drupal AJAX load with jQuery and delivery callback article (that is write for Drupal 7 very different from Drupal 8) but I just arrived to load a page in a div (with headers and footer very far from my real objetive).

jQuery('#my-div').load('/admin/help');

Any ideas on how to load content in a div with ajax?

Answer 1

I've come up with a working solution. It might not be the best approach but it works.

You need to create your routing file:

my_module.routing.yml

diocese_core.path_with_data:
  path: 'path-with-data'
  defaults:
    _controller: '\Drupal\my_module\Controller\MyController::Render'
  requirements:
    _access: 'TRUE'

Creating the controller for your page

src/Controller/MyController.php

<?php

namespace Drupal\my_module\Controller;

use Drupal\Core\Controller\ControllerBase;
use \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

/**
 * An example controller.
 */
class MyController extends ControllerBase {

  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function Render() {
    $build = array(
      '#type' => 'markup',
      '#markup' => t('Hello World!'),
    );
    // This is the important part, because will render only the TWIG template.
    return new Response(\Drupal::service('renderer')->render($build));
  }

}

And you only need to call in javascript

jQuery('#my-div').load('path-with-data');

An this will be the output once the code is executed:

<div id="my-div">Hello World!</div>

References:

• Drupal 8 module - How to use AJAX?
• Drupal8:Basic Jquery Ajax custom module controller

Answer 2

This is exactly what you need.

var endpoint = Drupal.url('modal/get-content');
Drupal.ajax({ url: endpoint }).execute();

where endpoint is the URL of your route. So you have controller for your route and this controller has AjaxResponse

public function getContent($modal_id) {
  $response = new AjaxResponse();

  $selector = '.modal.in .modal-body';

  // You can use markup, rendreable array, getForm via form_builder service.
  $content = [
    '#markup' => '....',
  ];

  $response->addCommand(new InvokeCommand($selector, 'removeClass', ['spinner-loading']));
  $response->addCommand(new HtmlCommand($selector, $content));

  return $response;
}

Answer 3

Add what you need to your build array, and to render without the Page template, you can pass to a new Response object:

$build['view'] = [
  '#type' => 'view',
  '#name' => 'my_view',
  '#display_id' => 'block_1',
  '#arguments' => $view_arguments,
];

$rendered = \Drupal::service('renderer')->renderRoot($build);

$response = new Response();
$response->setContent($rendered);
return $response;

Answer 4

I searched for same solution and was very surprised that in a drupal way we need only one line of code:

Drupal.ajax({ url: endpoint }).execute();