Can I trigger a form submit from a controller?

Question

I\'d like to do a traditional form submit from within a controller. The scenario is that I want to hit a route on my web server and redirect to its response, which I can do

Answer 1

How about just out-right disabling the submit button until the form is valid:

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Take a look at this similar question I had: AngularJS Form Validation with Directives - "myform.$valid" not quite right for me