how to send put request with data as an xml element, from JavaScript?

Question

My data is an xml element & I want send PUT request with JavaScript. How do I do this ?

For reference : Update Cell

EDIT : As per fredrik suggested, I did this :

<form id="submitForm" method="PUT" enctype="application/atom+xml" action="https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1">
            <entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:gs='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006'>
                <id>https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1</id>
                <link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1'/>
                <gs:cell row='2' col='1' inputValue='300'/>
            </entry>
            <input type="submit" value="submit"/>
        </form>

However, it doesn't write back but positively it returns xml file like :

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:gs='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006' xmlns:batch='http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch'>
    <id>https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1</id>
    <updated>2011-01-11T07:35:09.767Z</updated>
    <category scheme='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006' term='http://schemas.google.com/spreadsheets/2006#cell'/>
    <title type='text'>A2</title>
    <content type='text'></content>
    <link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1'/>
    <link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/cells/0Aq69FHX3TV4ndDBDVFFETUFhamc5S25rdkNoRkd4WXc/od6/private/full/R2C1/1ekg'/>
    <gs:cell row='2' col='1' inputValue=''></gs:cell>
</entry>

Here, inputvalue is empty ! However, it is 300 in my xml string. Any further solution for the same ?

Answer 1

Since the HTTP protocol only supports sending string I'm un sure if you are able to do this. But what you could try is using jQuery's ajax method and changing the method to PUT and content type and send a serialized XML.

The jQuery documentation says:

The type of request to make ("POST" or "GET"), default is "GET". Note: Other HTTP request methods, such as PUT and DELETE, can also be used here, but they are not supported by all browsers.

Invoke a ajax call:

 $.ajax({
  url: 'ajax/test.html',
  type: 'PUT',
  contentType: 'text/xml',
  processData: false,
  data: xmlDocument,
  success: function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  }
});

Hope it works.

EDIT: Please provide some more information/code on what you are trying to do.