I'm not clear if my response to a JSONP call needs to have the callback reference in the response. For example, the following AJAX call:
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: ajaxurl ,
async: false,
dataType: "jsonp",
jsonpCallback: "do_teacher_survey_callback",
data: {action: 'test'},
success: function (result) {
},
error: function (request,error) {
}
});
Does the response need to look like the following:
do_teacher_survey_callback({"field":"data"})
Or can I just return pure JSON like this:
{"field":"data"}
I'm confused because I have used JSONP before to resolve cross-domain calls to servers that I had no control over the response and it worked fine.
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I'm trying to perform a cross domain call. so i'm using JSONP.
The problem is that the response is not json, but an html.
The request works fine and i see the response with status 200 in the network console, however the error function is the one being called, as the expected response is JSON whereas I get an html.
Do you have alternatives for using JSONP for cross domain request?
If i'm using JSONP but the request is not, can I somehow expect a value which is not a json? (tried dataType: 'jsonp text' and didn't work)
Although I get an error with the ajax call, is there a way to extract the result of the request, as it still returns status 200, it's just not accessible ?
$.ajax
({
type: "GET",
url: myurl,
crossDomain:true,
dataType: 'jsonp',
contentType: "text/html; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
},
error: function (data) {
console.log(data);
},
});
I am trying to use jsonp to access the data at:
https://github.com/users/jbranchaud/contributions_calendar_data
However, none of the solutions I have tried are resulting in either the callback or the success function getting invoked. When I use Chrome/Firefox inspection tools, I can look at the script and see that the response was 200 Ok and that the response text contains the data from the above URL. Nevertheless, neither the callback function nor the success function get called at any point. Any ideas about how to get this to work?
Here is my most recent attempt at getting this to run:
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function parseResults(results) {
console.log('hello function callback.');
}
$.ajax({
url: 'https://github.com/users/jbranchaud/contributions_calendar_data',
type: 'post',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: true,
jsonpCallback: 'parseResults',
success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
console.log('success_function');
console.log(data);
},
error: function() {
console.log('error with jsonp request');
}
});
</script>
When I load the page, I see the 'error with jsonp request' in the console, so there is an error with the ajax request. Ideas of why this request isn't succeeding?
In the ajax request, try to set the attribute 'jsonp' to false (jsonp: false).
Basically, JQuery generate an automatic function callback name, like this : JQuery1223...34.
In your case, you ,already, explicitly set the jsonpCallback function name. so you have to put jsonp attribut to false.
your code should be like this :
$.ajax({
url: 'https://github.com/users/jbranchaud/contributions_calendar_data',
type: 'post',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: false,
jsonpCallback: 'parseResults',
success: function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
console.log('success_function');
console.log(data);
},
error: function() {
console.log('error with jsonp request');
}
});
I got a doubt regarding the way of execution of functions having ajax calls in jQuery.
Consider two functions.
function auth() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: API_URL,
data: {....
},
success: function (response) {}
});
};
function getData() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: API_URL,
data: {....
},
success: function (response) {}
});
};
and i call these functions one after other as show below...
auth();
getData();
My situation is, I want to execute the getData() only after completing 'auth()' .I know we can call the getData() inside the success function of auth. But what i want to know is, how these functions will be executed if i call the one after another, like i shown above.
Any kind of help would be appreciated :)
Thanks.
You can use deferred objects in jQuery. Simply return the ajax() result.
function auth() {
return $.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType : "json",
url: API_URL,
data: { .... },
success: function (response) {
}
});
};
auth.done(getData);
This will call getData when auth is complete.
They will execute Asynchronously. You can make them wait (Synchronous), if that is what you want, by setting "async=false" in the call.
function auth() {
$.ajax({
**async: false,**
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: API_URL,
data: {....
},
success: function (response) {}
});
};
function getData() {
$.ajax({
**aysnc: false,**
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: API_URL,
data: {....
},
success: function (response) {}
});
};
This will make the call finish before moving on to the next call, BUT will lock the browser usually when making the calls:
async (default: true)
Type: Boolean By default, all requests are sent asynchronously (i.e. this is set to true by default). If you need synchronous requests, set this option to false. Cross-domain requests and dataType: "jsonp" requests do not support synchronous operation. Note that synchronous requests may temporarily lock the browser, disabling any actions while the request is active. As of jQuery 1.8, the use of async: false with jqXHR ($.Deferred) is deprecated; you must use the success/error/complete callback options instead of the corresponding methods of the jqXHR object such as jqXHR.done() or the deprecated jqXHR.success().
Src JQM Site: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
I have the following jQuery code:
$.ajax({
url: Url,
dataType: 'JSONP',
type: 'POST',
success: function (data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
//callback function here
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
//report error
}
});
However, when i view this AJAX request in Fiddler, my request has been converted from a POST to a GET.
This is not allowed with the API I'm connecting to, as it must be a POST request.
Why is this happening?
JSONP requests can only be GETs.
Remove dataType: 'JSONP'.
dataType: 'JSONP',
is always a GET request
You cannot use POST with JSONP see https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/jquery-dev/5-tKI-7zQvs for more detail on this.
This works fine:
jQuery('#my_get_related_keywords').click(function() {
if (jQuery('#my_keyword').val() == '') return false;
jQuery.getJSON("http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/"
+jQuery('#my_keyword').val()+"?"
+"appid=myAppID"
+"&lang=en"
+"&format=json"
+"&count=50"
+"&view=keyterms"
+"&callback=?",
function (data) {//do something}
This returns 400 Bad Request (Just a reformulation of the above jQuery using .ajax to support error handling).
jQuery('#my_get_related_keywords').click(function()
{
if (jQuery('#my_keyword').val() == '') return false;
jQuery('#my_loader').show();
jQuery.ajax(
{
url: "http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/web/v1/"
+jQuery('#my_keyword').val()+"?"
+"appid=myAppID"
+"&lang=en"
+"&format=json"
+"&count=50"
+"&view=keyterms"
+"&callback=?",
success: function(data)
{//do something}
I think you just need to add 2 more options (contentType and dataType):
$('#my_get_related_keywords').click(function() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "HERE PUT THE PATH OF YOUR SERVICE OR PAGE",
data: '{"HERE YOU CAN PUT DATA TO PASS AT THE SERVICE"}',
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", // this
dataType: "json", // and this
success: function (msg) {
//do something
},
error: function (errormessage) {
//do something else
}
});
}
Add this to your ajax call:
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json"
Late answer, but I figured it's worth keeping this updated. Expanding on Andrea Turri answer to reflect updated jQuery API and .success/.error deprecated methods.
As of jQuery 1.8.* the preferred way of doing this is to use .done() and .fail(). Jquery Docs
e.g.
$('#my_get_related_keywords').click(function() {
var ajaxRequest = $.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "HERE PUT THE PATH OF YOUR SERVICE OR PAGE",
data: '{"HERE YOU CAN PUT DATA TO PASS AT THE SERVICE"}',
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json"});
//When the request successfully finished, execute passed in function
ajaxRequest.done(function(msg){
//do something
});
//When the request failed, execute the passed in function
ajaxRequest.fail(function(jqXHR, status){
//do something else
});
});
Be sure and use 'get' or 'post' consistantly with your $.ajax call for example.
$.ajax({
type: 'get',
must be met with
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
===============
and for post
$.ajax({
type: 'post',
must be met with
app.post('/', function(req, res) {
I was getting the 400 Bad Request error, even after setting:
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: "json"
The issue was with the type of a property passed in the json object, for the data property in the ajax request object.
To figure out the issue, I added an error handler and then logged the error to the console. Console log will clearly show validation errors for the properties if any.
This was my initial code:
var data = {
"TestId": testId,
"PlayerId": parseInt(playerId),
"Result": result
};
var url = document.location.protocol + "//" + document.location.host + "/api/tests"
$.ajax({
url: url,
method: "POST",
contentType: "application/json",
data: JSON.stringify(data), // issue with a property type in the data object
dataType: "json",
error: function (e) {
console.log(e); // logging the error object to console
},
success: function () {
console.log('Success saving test result');
}
});
Now after making the request, I checked the console tab in the browser development tool.
It looked like this:
responseJSON.errors[0] clearly shows a validation error: The JSON value could not be converted to System.String. Path: $.TestId, which means I have to convert TestId to a string in the data object, before making the request.
Changing the data object creation like below fixed the issue for me:
var data = {
"TestId": String(testId), //converting testId to a string
"PlayerId": parseInt(playerId),
"Result": result
};
I assume other possible errors could also be identified by logging and inspecting the error object.
Your AJAX call is not completed with the following two params.
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json"
contentType is the type of data you're sending
dataType is what you're expecting back from the server
In addition try to use JSON.stringify() method. It is used to turn a javascript object into json string.