autocomplete Ajax URL includes sub-menu path, generates 404

[jcc]

Fabrik 4.3.1, Joomla 4.4.8
SEF=Yes
Use URL Rewriting=Yes
Add Suffix to URL=No

I reviewed the handful of forum threads that I thought were relevant, but did not find anything that was helpful or not already included in the 4.3.1 release.

I have an add form that is accessed through a sub-menu that includes an autocomplete databasejoin field. The URL to the form via the menu is:

http://test.local/sub-menu/add-form/

Entering a value into the autocomplete generates an Ajax call using a URL (like below) that results in a 404:

http://test.local/sub-menu/index.php?option=com_fabrik&format=raw&view=plugin&task=pluginAjax&f0c40967365603d8f9e314e0545253f4=1&g=element&element_id=3931&formid=139&plugin=databasejoin&method=autocomplete_options&package=fabrik

Manually submitting any of the following URLs in a separate browser tab successfully returns json results:

http://test.local/index.php?option=com_fabrik&format=raw&view=plugin&task=pluginAjax&f0c40967365603d8f9e314e0545253f4=1&g=element&element_id=3931&formid=139&plugin=databasejoin&method=autocomplete_options&package=fabrik

http://test.local/sub-menu/form/139/index.php?option=com_fabrik&format=raw&view=plugin&task=pluginAjax&f0c40967365603d8f9e314e0545253f4=1&g=element&element_id=3931&formid=139&plugin=databasejoin&method=autocomplete_options&package=fabrik

http://test.local/sub-menu/add-form/form/139/index.php?option=com_fabrik&format=raw&view=plugin&task=pluginAjax&f0c40967365603d8f9e314e0545253f4=1&g=element&element_id=3931&formid=139&plugin=databasejoin&method=autocomplete_options&package=fabrik

If I manually access the form using the URL

http://test.local/sub-menu/add-form/form/139/

then the autocomplete generates an Ajax call using a URL (like below) which succeeds:

http://test.local/sub-menu/add-form/form/139/index.php?option=com_fabrik&format=raw&view=plugin&task=pluginAjax&f0c40967365603d8f9e314e0545253f4=1&g=element&element_id=3931&formid=139&plugin=databasejoin&method=autocomplete_options&package=fabrik

If I turn off SEF & URL rewrite, the autocomplete works correctly.

I am also able to make it work by relocating the menu option to the top-level of a hidden menu and creating a menu item alias from the current unhidden sub-menu location. This will likely be the work-around that I use for the short term.

 

[troester]

The add-form submenu is a standard fabrik form menu (so opening just a new form)?
Or do you use the rowid=-1/ usekey feature?

 

[jcc]

The add-form submenu is a standard fabrik form menu (so opening just a new form)?
Or do you use the rowid=-1/ usekey feature?

add-form is just a standard Fabrik form menu option to add a new row; I do not have the Row id option set. I tried with setting Row id=0, but it still failed with the same URL and 404.

 

[beatty_t]

I'm pretty sure this is related to a similar issue I had. I posted my "workarounds" here. To save you from reading through the thread, I opted to use URL Rewriting to fix the issue. I had also found that modifying the form.js file worked, but wouldn't recommend using that solution...