Angular Post to external server, display results in iframe

Question

So I am integrating my angular application into a payment gateway, in certain instances there is an additional security check required by the payment processor. For anyone interested, its a 3D Secure implementation.

I can perform the post request no problem, but the value returned from my provider is simply....


    
        Redirecting...

I was hoping it would return full html that I could just render in a modal, no such luck.

So I tried to create an iframe to post into and handle this (like the old school days) but I can't get this to work. My code so far...

Component

export class CheckoutComponent implements OnInit {
    @ViewChild('form') postForm: ElementRef;
    private MD: any;
    private PaReq: any;
    private TermUrl: any;
    private demoEndpoint: any;
    @ViewChild('threedsModal', { static: true }) private threedsModal;
    constructor(
        private http: HttpClient,
        ) { }

    ngOnInit(): void {
        this.demoEndpoint = 'www.example.com/post/'
        this.MD = 'foo';
        this.PaReq = 'bar';
        this.TermUrl = 'www.myexample.com/response';


    }
    onLoad() {
        console.log('onLoad triggered.');
    }
   // Called from another part of the code when we need to perform the POST
    submitForm(){

        // values are custom encoded, not needed to show for example
        const myParams = new HttpParams({encoder: new HttpUrlEncodingCodec()})
            .set('MD', this.MD)
            .set('PaReq', this.PaReq)
            .set('TermUrl', this.TermUrl);
        this.http.post(this.demoEndpoint, myParams, {responseType: 'text'}).subscribe(x => console.log(x));

        return true;
    }

}

Then in my template:

But this iframe simply renders "Unable to determine the request"

If I perform the POST request manually in postman, in renders the correct HTML, but the response from my httpPOST in console just shows Re-directing.

So my question, how can I achieve this in an iframe and render the correct response?

EDIT: This question helped me somewhat

user_2508665 · Answer

So for the help of anyone in the future, this was fairly easy with the help of this answer

  // create a form for the post request
  const form = window.document.createElement('form');
  form.setAttribute('method', 'post');
  form.setAttribute('action', 'http://post.example.com');
  // use _self to redirect in same tab, _blank to open in new tab
  // form.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
  form.setAttribute('target', 'threedframe');

  // Add all the data to be posted as Hidden elements
  form.appendChild(this.createHiddenElement('MD', 'foo'));
  form.appendChild(this.createHiddenElement('PaReq', 'bar'));
  form.appendChild(this.createHiddenElement('TermUrl','https://dump.example.com'));
  console.log(form);
  window.document.body.appendChild(form);
  form.submit();

  // create the form
  private createHiddenElement(name: string, value: string): HTMLInputElement {
    const hiddenField = document.createElement('input');
    hiddenField.setAttribute('name', name);
    hiddenField.setAttribute('value', value);
    hiddenField.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');
    return hiddenField;
  }

Then setup an iframe in my template:

 
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Angular Post to external server, display results in iframe

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