# Trigger dash callbacks using javascript

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/trigger-dash-callbacks-using-javascript/27516>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [August 20, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/trigger-dash-callbacks-using-javascript/27516 "2019-08-20T22:39:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![bstinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bstinson](https://community.plotly.com/u/bstinson)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/trigger-dash-callbacks-using-javascript/27516/1 "2019-08-20T22:39:39Z")

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Is there a way to trigger dash callbacks using Javascript?  
I tried updating dcc.Input value using simple JS but that didn’t trigger a callback.  
How is typing in the input box different than setting its value?