How about using rails_ujs and simply do the following:

Rails.fire(form, 'submit');

This feels like a proper Rails way to do it.

You can chec out the source here – https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionview/app/assets/javascripts/rails-ujs/utils/event.coffee#L34

How about using rails_ujs and simply do the following:

Rails.fire(form, 'submit'); 

(where form is a DOM Element)

This feels like a proper Rails way to do it.

You can check out the source here – https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionview/app/assets/javascripts/rails-ujs/utils/event.coffee#L34

How about simply:

Rails.fire(form, 'submit');

This feels like proper Rails way to do it.

How about using rails_ujs and simply do the following:

Rails.fire(form, 'submit');

This feels like a proper Rails way to do it.

You can chec out the source here – https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/actionview/app/assets/javascripts/rails-ujs/utils/event.coffee#L34