This repository moved to https://git.sr.ht/~dvko/populate.js on 2022-12-06
A simple JavaScript populate( form, data ) function which will populate form fields from a JSON object.
Input types (text, email, select, multiple select, etc) are taken into account but not validated.
HTML
<form id="my-form">
<input type="text" name="name" />
<input type="email" name="email" />
<input type="text" name="address[addr1]" />
<input type="text" name="address[city]" />
<input type="text" name="address[state]" />
</form>JavaScript
// your JSON object
// keys have to match input names
var data = {
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "John Doe",
"address": {
"addr1": "Street name",
"city": "City name",
"state": "State"
}
}
// your containing element
var formElement = document.getElementById('my-form');
// populate the form with our JSON object
populate(formElement, data);Load the JavaScript file in your browser directly or install using NPM:
npm install populate.js
MIT licensed.