Ajax request from checkout page js file to controller

Question

I want to make Ajax request to the controller from checkout page. The code I have in github and in my previous post were I did not specify that I want to make the ajax request from js file placed on checkout page. The current ajax request is displaying an error in console: jquery.js:9666 POST https://127.0.0.1:8443/checkout/vendor_checkoutshipping/index/htmlcreator 404 (Not Found). Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong that the ajax request is not made?

I prefer not to use phtml file, unless I really need to (the reason for using would possible security threth). (My module currently does not need phtml file.)

• Aaron Allen: Do you have a route defined for your controller? The URL that you have for the Ajax call suggests that you are missing that piece of the puzzle.
• user3748173: I can not understand what you mean by "having route defined for your controller"? You can see yourself what files i have in github. I suspect that the problem is that i can't use jQuery url: 'vendor_checkoutshipping/index/htmlcreator' in js file? Is that so?

Answer 1

The ajax request url should not have 'index' in it. The url should be vendor_checkoutshipping/htmlcreator. Placing a controller in the Controller/Index folder and/or naming it Index.php means that the word 'index' is not included in the url path.

• user3748173: I tried it, but still getting 404 error. (The url in console does not contain index anymore).
• Aaron Allen: Also, the URL should not have 'checkout' in it.
• user3748173: How can i remove it? Magento adds the 'checkout' to the URL. link
• Aaron Allen: You put a slash at the start so that it is based off the root: /controller/action instead of controller/action.