Server action for a button w/o making entire form - like rails button_to "Text", some_server_path, method: :post

[sethhorsley]

Goals

1. Add functionality and flexibility to server actions for single action button server actions
2. Simplify very simple form logic

Background

Being a rails / js developer next js could use the approach that rails has with their button_to with post functionality without the need to scaffold out an entire form like:

button_to "Button Text", some_server_path, method: :post

Proposal

Not entirely sure how this should be implemented, just wanted to start a dialog and see where this goes.

[nirvikpurkait]

I think you can make use of formAction prop on button just making the button wrap by from tag, make sure the button has type="submit" as attribute.

Or

You can expose the button as client component, add an onClick event listener and await the server-action, make user the server-action is in a different file and it has "use server" at the top.