Inline edit sends nothing to controller

Question

In creating a grid with editable columns by a inline editor; and the editor sends nothing to the controller i don't know where the problem is. Its appearing always: {"messages":["Please correct the data sent."],"error":true} cause the editor send a empty array to the controller i leave the code here:

listing.xml

<columns name="spinner_columns">
 <settings>
 <editorConfig>
 <param name="selectProvider" xsi:type="string">test_market_listing.test_market_listing.spinner_columns.ids</param>
 <param name="enabled" xsi:type="boolean">true</param>
 <param name="indexField" xsi:type="string">entity_id</param>
 <param name="clientConfig" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="saveUrl" xsi:type="url" path="sellermania/market/inlineEdit"/>
 <item name="validateBeforeSave" xsi:type="boolean">false</item>
 </param>
 </editorConfig>
 <childDefaults>
 <param name="fieldAction" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="provider" xsi:type="string">test_market_listing.test_market_listing.spinner_columns_editor</item>
 <item name="target" xsi:type="string">startEdit</item>
 <item name="params" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="0" xsi:type="string">${ $.$data.rowIndex }</item>
 <item name="1" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
 </item>
 </param>
 </childDefaults>
 </settings>
 <selectionsColumn name="ids" sortOrder="10">
 <settings>
 <indexField>entity_id</indexField>
 </settings>
 </selectionsColumn>
 <column name="entity_id">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">textRange</item>
 <item name="sorting" xsi:type="string">asc</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">ID</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
 <column name="code">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="editor" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="editorType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">false</item>
 </item>
 </item>
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Code</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
 <column name="store_id">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="dataType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Store ID</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
</columns>

And here the controller code:

<?php
namespace test\test\Controller\Adminhtml\Market;
class InlineEdit extends \Magento\Backend\App\Action
{
 protected $jsonFactory;
 public function __construct(
 \Magento\Backend\App\Action\Context $context,
 \Magento\Framework\Controller\Result\JsonFactory $jsonFactory
 ) {
 parent::__construct($context);
 $this->jsonFactory = $jsonFactory;
 }
 public function execute()
 {
 $error = false;
 $messages = [];
 $resultJson = $this->jsonFactory->create();
 $postItems = $this->getRequest()->getParam('items', []);
 if (!($this->getRequest()->getParam('isAjax') && count($postItems))) {
 return $resultJson->setData([
 'messages' => [__('Please correct the data sent.')],
 'error' => true,
 ]);
 }
 foreach (array_keys($postItems) as $modelid) {
 $model = $this->_objectManager->create('test\test\Model\Marketplace')->load($modelid);
 try {
 $model->setData(array_merge($model->getData(), $postItems[$modelid]));
 $model->save();
 } catch (\Exception $e) {
 $messages[] = "[Entity ID: {$modelid}] {$e->getMessage()}";
 $error = true;
 }
 }
 return $resultJson->setData([
 'messages' => $messages,
 'error' => $error
 ]);
 }
}

• fmsthird: how are you passing the data, as a json?
• Juan Alvarez: magefms yes inline editor is suposed to do it in json as post, but when i do the getrequest on the controller i get nothing
• fmsthird: have you tried $this->getRequest()->getPost() ? instead of getParam()
• fmsthird: since you want to read data passed via POST method
• Juan Alvarez: Ive tried getPost and $postItems still empty

Answer 1

Try this, use \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http, and get post contents using its request instance injected in the constructor:

EDIT: Modify your listing.xml to be like this:

<columns name="spinner_columns">
 <settings>
 <item name="editorConfig" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="selectProvider" xsi:type="string">test_market_listing.test_market_listing.spinner_columns.ids</item>
 <item name="enabled" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
 <item name="indexField" xsi:type="string">entity_id</item>
 <item name="clientConfig" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="saveUrl" xsi:type="url" path="sellermania/market/inlineEdit"/>
 <item name="validateBeforeSave" xsi:type="boolean">false</item>
 </item>
 </item>
 <item name="childDefaults" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="fieldAction" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="provider" xsi:type="string">test_market_listing.test_market_listing.spinner_columns_editor</item>
 <item name="target" xsi:type="string">startEdit</item>
 <item name="params" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="0" xsi:type="string">${ $.$data.rowIndex }</item>
 <item name="1" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
 </item>
 </item>
 </item>
 </settings>
 <selectionsColumn name="ids" sortOrder="10">
 <settings>
 <indexField>entity_id</indexField>
 </settings>
 </selectionsColumn>
 <column name="entity_id">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">textRange</item>
 <item name="sorting" xsi:type="string">asc</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">ID</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
 <column name="code">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="editor" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="editorType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">false</item>
 </item>
 </item>
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Code</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
 <column name="store_id">
 <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
 <item name="filter" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="dataType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
 <item name="label" xsi:type="string" translate="true">Store ID</item>
 </item>
 </argument>
 </column>
</columns>

Controller:

<?php
namespace test\test\Controller\Adminhtml\Market;
class InlineEdit extends \Magento\Backend\App\Action
{
 /** @var \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http */
 protected $request;
 protected $jsonFactory;
 public function __construct(
 \Magento\Backend\App\Action\Context $context,
 \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http $request,
 \Magento\Framework\Controller\Result\JsonFactory $jsonFactory
 ) {
 parent::__construct($context);
 $this->request = $request;
 $this->jsonFactory = $jsonFactory;
 }
 public function execute()
 {
 $error = false;
 $messages = [];
 $resultJson = $this->jsonFactory->create();
 $postItems = $this->request->getContent();
 $postData = json_decode($postItems);
 if (isset($postData)) {
 return $resultJson->setData([
 'messages' => [__('Please correct the data sent.')],
 'error' => true,
 ]);
 }
 foreach (array_keys($postData) as $modelid) {
 $model = $this->_objectManager->create('test\test\Model\Marketplace')->load($modelid);
 try {
 $model->setData(array_merge($model->getData(), $postItems[$modelid]));
 $model->save();
 } catch (\Exception $e) {
 $messages[] = "[Entity ID: {$modelid}] {$e->getMessage()}";
 $error = true;
 }
 }
 return $resultJson->setData([
 'messages' => $messages,
 'error' => $error
 ]);
 }
}

• Juan Alvarez: Warning: array_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given. So $postItems is still empty; dont know why im not getting the edit parameters of the column.
• fmsthird: check updated answer
• Juan Alvarez: ive modified it but the xml estructure gives this error:
• Juan Alvarez: market_listing.xml" is invalid: Element 'item': This element is not expected. Line: 49
• Juan Alvarez: after <settings> cant be a item or argument i think