This may have an obvious answer, but I am very new to js so I have no idea how to do this. I would like a form on a page to be submitted automatically when that page is load
I'd go with what sAc suggests, but I'd use an event listener rather than just writing to window.onload:
function submit_form() { document.formName.submit(); }
if(window.attachEvent){
window.attachEvent("onload", submit_form);
}else{
window.addEventListener("load", submit_form, false);
}
Like this:
window.onload = function(){
document.formName.submit();
};
<form id=lol action="file.php"></form>
<script>document.getElementById('lol').submit();</script>