jQuery change selected value and submit form basd of localStorage value

Question

I have a problem. I have select with name category and have code:

if (localStorage.getItem('category') !== null) {
  $('select[name=category]').val(localStorage.getItem('category')).trigger('change');
  $('.form-search').submit();
}

If in Local storage I have id, then I change selected value in select. But How I can submit this form? My code is not working, because page reloading many times..

MY form:

<form method="get" class="form-search">
....
      <select name="category">
            <option value="1">Auto</option>
            <option value="2">Sport</option>
            ...
      </select>
</form>

Answer 1

Because the form hasn't action , browser submit form to this page and page reloaded and because you don't removed localStorage the code runned again. So you should remove localStorage category before submitting form.

var category = localStorage.getItem('category');
if (category !== null) {
  $('select[name=category]').val(category).trigger('change');
  localStorage.removeItem('category');
  $('.form-search').submit();
}

Answer 2

You may not need the trigger

 if(localStorage.getItem('category') !== null) { $('select[name=category]').val(localStorage.getItem('category')); $('.form-search').submit(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); }); } 

Check code here