From c9cec8363bbbece760e58be63a8a397523f6ccec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Johnson <probablycorey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:44:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add sumbitAction helper

---
 packages/nano-remix/src/clientHelpers.tsx | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 packages/nano-remix/src/main.ts           |  7 ++--
 packages/nano-remix/src/nanoRemix.ts      |  2 --
 packages/nano-remix/src/renderServer.tsx  |  4 +--
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nano-remix/src/clientHelpers.tsx b/packages/nano-remix/src/clientHelpers.tsx
index 3e3cccf..e03a461 100644
--- a/packages/nano-remix/src/clientHelpers.tsx
+++ b/packages/nano-remix/src/clientHelpers.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,43 @@ export const useAction = <TAction extends Action>() => {
   return { data, loading: status === "submitting", error }
 }
 
+// Helper to submit an action without a form
+type SubmitActionOptions = {
+  url?: string
+  method?: "POST" | "PUT" | "PATCH" | "DELETE"
+}
+export const submitAction = async (data: any, options: SubmitActionOptions = {}) => {
+  const actionFns = window._actionFns
+
+  try {
+    const { url = window.location.href, method = "POST" } = options
+
+    actionFns?.setStatus("submitting")
+
+    const body = new FormData()
+    Object.entries(data).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+      body.append(key, String(value))
+    })
+
+    const res = await fetch(url, { method, body })
+
+    if (res.ok) {
+      const { actionData, loaderData } = (await res.json()) as any
+      window._setLoaderData!(loaderData)
+
+      actionFns?.setData(actionData)
+    } else {
+      const errorText = await res.text()
+      throw new Error(`Error ${res.status}: ${errorText}`)
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    actionFns?.setError(`${error}`)
+    console.log(`🚨 Failed to submit`, error)
+  } finally {
+    actionFns?.setStatus("idle")
+  }
+}
+
 // Form component with built-in enhancement
 type FormProps = JSX.IntrinsicElements["form"] & { name: string }
 export const Form = (props: FormProps) => {
@@ -62,11 +99,8 @@ export const Form = (props: FormProps) => {
       const form = e.currentTarget as HTMLFormElement
       const body = new FormData(form)
       body.append("_actionName", props.name)
-      const res = await fetch(form.action || window.location.href, {
-        method: props.method || "POST",
-        body,
-        headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
-      })
+      const url = form.action || window.location.href
+      const res = await fetch(url, { method: props.method || "POST", body })
 
       if (res.status === 303) {
         window.location.href = res.headers.get("Location")!
diff --git a/packages/nano-remix/src/main.ts b/packages/nano-remix/src/main.ts
index ed931f8..a1bfe9f 100644
--- a/packages/nano-remix/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/nano-remix/src/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-import { nanoRemix } from "@/nanoRemix"
-import { Form, useAction, wrapComponentWithLoader } from "@/clientHelpers"
-
-export { Form, useAction, wrapComponentWithLoader }
-export { nanoRemix }
+export { Form, useAction, wrapComponentWithLoader, submitAction } from "@/clientHelpers"
+export { nanoRemix } from "@/nanoRemix"
 
 export type Loader<Data extends object> = (
   req: Request,
diff --git a/packages/nano-remix/src/nanoRemix.ts b/packages/nano-remix/src/nanoRemix.ts
index 207ee1e..7c1bed1 100644
--- a/packages/nano-remix/src/nanoRemix.ts
+++ b/packages/nano-remix/src/nanoRemix.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ export const nanoRemix = async (req: Request, options: Options = {}) => {
   const basename = ext ? url.pathname.slice(0, -ext.length) : url.pathname
   const route = router.match(basename)
 
-  console.log(`🌭 requesting ${url} got ${route?.pathname}`)
-
   if (!route) {
     return new Response("Route Not Found", {
       status: 404,
diff --git a/packages/nano-remix/src/renderServer.tsx b/packages/nano-remix/src/renderServer.tsx
index 4fe0632..76a3f8e 100644
--- a/packages/nano-remix/src/renderServer.tsx
+++ b/packages/nano-remix/src/renderServer.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type { Action, Loader } from "@/main"
 export const renderServer = async (req: Request, route: Bun.MatchedRoute) => {
-  const accept = req.headers.get("Accept")
+  const contentType = req.headers.get("Content-Type")
 
-  if (accept === "application/json") {
+  if (contentType?.startsWith("multipart/form-data;")) {
     return await handleAction(req, route)
   } else {
     return await renderHtml(req, route)