$.ajaxSetup({ headers: { 'X-CSRF-TOKEN': $('input[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content') } }); jQuery('select#call-sign').change(fillTable); jQuery(document).ready(fillTable); function fillTable() { sign = jQuery('select#call-sign').first().val(); jQuery.post('/api/activities', {'call-sign': sign}, function (data, status) { console.log(data); }); }