How do I add a field to my site and then pass value to another site for look up

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I want my customers to be able to track the arrival of the purchase by

1. go to my site
2. enter tracking number into a field
3. hit search
4. user taken to courier site and displayed tracking info

Courier site is https://app.starshipit.com/track.aspx?code=6823256031 (where 6823256031 is the tracking number).

What HTML do I have to add to capture the tracking number and then pass this through the 'search/track' button to the URL above.

Clearly i am a novice, and i appreciate the expertise and help of anyone who can offer their help.

Thank you

Is that what you were after?

What I have tried:

I can create a field, but dont know how to code for the field contents to populate into the URL

Posted 3-Jun-18 22:22pm

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Updated 29-Jun-18 10:17am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2018-06-04T03:16:00

Solution 2

There's no need to resort to Javascript if you set the form up correctly:

HTML

<form method="get" action="https://app.starshipit.com/track.aspx">
    <label for="code">Tracking code:</label>
    <input type="text" name="code" id="code" />
    <input type="submit" value="Track" />
</form>

Posted 4-Jun-18 3:16am

Richard Deeming

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan · Answer 2 · 2018-06-03T23:31:00

That URL you provided us with, is that a dummy URL or something because it does not provide any useful information, nor does it accept any interaction.

Lastly, that can be done in a single field form, where you redirect the user to the site they are going to visit, I am writing the following code without testing, some minor elements would be needed to change,

HTML

<form>
   <label for="trackingCode">Tracking Code</label>
   <input type="text" name="trackingCode" id="trackingCode" />
   <input type="submit" value="Track" onclick="track();" />
</form>

Then you can add the following JavaScript, that will do the job,

JavaScript

function track() {
   var trackingCodeElement = document.getElementById("trackingCode");
   window.location.href = "https://app.starshipit.com/track.aspx?code=" + trackingCodeElement.value;
}

This code is prone to errors, like the value can be empty or so but you can check that, and in doing so you will learn some web development as well. :-)