Redirect to another page after 10 seconds using javascript and a form submit

Question

So I have a very basic form submit which redirects to another page after the user enters there username and presses submit.

<form action="https://example.com/" method="GET">
 <input type="text" name="username" required> <br>
<input type="submit">
</form>

The URL will then display

https://example.com/?username=your-entered-username

However, I want to try and add a redirect timer on this page so after the user presses submit they have to wait 10 seconds then it redirects them to:

https://example.com/?username=your-entered-username

I would also like to add in a countdown timer saying something like "Please wait x seconds"

I managed to get it to redirect after 10 seconds but it doesn't grab the ?username= part. I feel like I have tried everything I possibly can so asking for help on here is my last resort. I am still trying to learn the basics of coding and I would really appreciate it someone could help me with this.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can achieve this by the help of JavaScript .

So how will we make this work :

• intercept the submission of the form , add a submit listener to it in other words.
• based on a counter (a variable) we'll wait for about 10 seconds.
• get the action attribute of the form append the input value to it.
• redirect based on the link composed by the action attribute and the input 's value.

Here's a demo, it contains some helpful clarifications :

 /** waiting until the document is loaded **/ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => { /** selecting necessary elements **/ const form = document.getElementById("my-form"), username = form.querySelector('input[name="username"]'), countdown = document.getElementById("countdown"), remSec = countdown.querySelector("span.count"); let countSec = 10; /** seconds to wait **/ /** adding "submit" listener to the "form" **/ form.addEventListener("submit", e => { /** it's better to implement a validation for the input's value but for the demo purposes we'll proceed without no any validations **/ e.preventDefault(); /** preventing the foem from submitting so we can do it programatically after the 10 seconds **/ /** show the countdown **/ countdown.classList.add('visible'); /** the function is executed every second. It mainly updates how many seconds left and if the 10 seconds are spent it redirects **/ timer = setInterval(() => { if (countSec >= 0) remSec.textContent = countSec--; else { window.location.href = form.action.replace(/\\/$/, "") + "/?username=" + username.value; /** the link is formed using the "target" attribute and the input's value **/ /** .replace(/\\/$/, "") : trims the "/" char at the end of the target attribute if exists because we do add it manually so we ensure that it is always there **/ } }, 1000); /** every second **/ }); }); 

 .overlay { display: none; /** the countdown is hidden initially **/ position: fixed; /** stays in place even if scrolling happens **/ top: 0; left: 0; width: 100vw; height: 100vh; /** the next two rules needs "display: flex" rule to take effect. Note now the "display" property is set to "none" and later it will be changed to "flex" via "JavaScript" **/ justify-content: center; /** centered horizontally **/ align-items: center; /** centered vertically **/ background-color: rgba(24, 24, 24, .6); z-index: 999; /** stays on top **/ } /** style for the text in the countdown "div" **/ .overlay>p { padding: 15px; background-color: #f5f5f5; text-align: center; font-size: 1.5rem; border-radius: 6px; box-shadow: 0 0 25px -2px rgba(18, 18, 18, .75); } /** styling the count down seconds numbers (seconds left) **/ .overlay>p .count { display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 35px; height: 35px; background-color: #000; color: #fff; line-height: 35px; text-align: center; border-radius: 50%; } /** this class is used to change the "display" to "flex" of the countdown "div". It is used by "JavaScript" **/ .overlay.visible { display: flex; } 

 <!-- added an "id" to the form element to easily select it with "JavaScript" --> <form id="my-form" action="https://example.com/" method="GET"> <input type="text" name="username" required> <br> <input type="submit" value="go"> </form> <!-- the "div#countdown" will have the count down till redirection happens, also I added some styling to it to be more realistic in this example --> <div id="countdown" class="overlay"> <p>You have to wait <span class="count">10</span> seconds before redirecting...</p> </div> 

Some helpful links :

Learn more about flexbox .

Learn more about addEventListener function.

Learn more about setInterval function.

Learn more about replace function.

Hope I pushed you further.