Ruby on rails: How to send an AJAX request to rails controller from login popup along with user given credentials

Question

Also, how to use the values entered in the popup, in the javascript function: login_request() which is being called on click, which will send the AJAX request event

Answer 1

 function login_request(data_to_send)
 {
   $.ajax({
   type: 'post',
   url: 'controller/action',
   data: { key: "value" key_1: "value_1" },
   success: function(data) {
   // paste your code here after success
   }
  });
}  


  #in your config/route.rb

      match 'controller/action', :to => 'controller#action' ,:via => [:get,:post] # i'm using get as well as post also.

  #hope that help you. if you face any problem please let me know