Json result returned as a file in Internet Explorer? - ajax

Question

net MVC application, in which I have multiple charts. On these charts, I have applied filters and by clicking each filter, I do an ajax call which returns the result in Json and then applies to the charts.
Now its working perfectly in Firefox and Chrome, but in Internet Explorer - Ajax call is always unsuccessful. I tried hitting the web api url directly through my browser and the issue it seems is, the result json was being returned as a file to be downloaded.
This is my ajax code :
function getIssueResolvedGraphdata(control, departCode, departName) {
$.ajax(
{
type: "GET",
url: WebApiURL + "/api/home/GetQueryIssueResolvedData?deptCode=" + departCode,
dataType: "json",
crossDomain: true,
async: true,
cache: false,
success: function (myData) {
var resolvedStartDate = myData.data.IssueResolvedStartDate;
var issueData = myData.data.IssueData;
var resolveData = myData.data.ResolvedData;
//converting issueData into integer array...
var issue = issueData.replace("[", "");
var issue1 = issue.replace("]", "");
var issue2 = issue1.split(",");
for (var i = 0; i < issue2.length; i++) { issue2[i] = parseInt(issue2[i]); }
//converting resolvedData into integer array
var resolve = resolveData.replace("[", "");
var resolve1 = resolve.replace("]", "");
var resolve2 = resolve1.split(",");
for (var j = 0; j < resolve2.length; j++) { resolve2[j] = parseInt(resolve2[j]); }
//getting max value from array...
var issueMaxVal = Math.max.apply(null, issue2);
var resolveMaxVal = Math.max.apply(null, resolve2);
//Eliminating leading zeros in issue array
var removeIndex = 0;
var myDate;
var newDate;
var arrayLength;
if (issueMaxVal != 0) {
arrayLength = issue2.length;
for (var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
if (issue2[0] == 0) {
issue2.splice(0, 1);
removeIndex = i;
} else {
break;
}
}
//Getting days count of current month
var monthStart = new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), new Date().getMonth(), 1);
var monthEnd = new Date(new Date().getFullYear(), new Date().getMonth() + 1, 1);
var monthLength = (monthEnd - monthStart) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
var monthDays = 0;
if (monthLength == 28) {
monthDays = removeIndex;
}
else if (monthLength == 30) {
monthDays = removeIndex + 1;
}
else if (monthLength == 31 || monthLength == 29) {
monthDays = removeIndex + 2;
}
//matching the resultant issue array with resolve array & setting start date
var iDate = resolvedStartDate;
var tDate = '';
for (var i = 0; i < iDate.length; i++) {
if (iDate[i] == ',') {
tDate += '/';
}
else {
tDate += iDate[i];
}
}
if (removeIndex != 0) {
resolve2.splice(0, (removeIndex + 1));
var myDate = new Date(tDate);
myDate.setDate(myDate.getDate() + monthDays);
newDate = Date.UTC(myDate.getFullYear(), (myDate.getMonth() + 1), myDate.getDate());
} else {
var myDate = new Date(tDate);
newDate = Date.UTC(myDate.getFullYear(), (myDate.getMonth() + 1), myDate.getDate());
}
} else {
alert("Empty");
}
//updating chart here...
var chart = $('#performance-cart').highcharts();
chart.series[0].update({
pointStart: newDate,
data: issue2
});
chart.series[1].update({
pointStart: newDate,
data: resolve2
});
if (issueMaxVal > resolveMaxVal) {
chart.yAxis[0].setExtremes(0, issueMaxVal);
} else {
chart.yAxis[0].setExtremes(0, resolveMaxVal);
}
},
error: function (x, e) {
alert('There seems to be some problem while fetching records!');
} });}
Code from web api controller :
[HttpGet]
[CrossDomainActionFilter]
public Response<GraphIssueResolvedWrapper> GetQueryIssueResolvedData(string deptCode)
{
Response<GraphIssueResolvedWrapper> objResponse = new Response<GraphIssueResolvedWrapper>();
GraphIssueResolvedWrapper objGraphIssueResolvedWrapper = new GraphIssueResolvedWrapper();
try
{
....code.....
objResponse.isSuccess = true;
objResponse.errorDetail = string.Empty;
objResponse.data = objGraphIssueResolvedWrapper;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
objResponse.isSuccess = false;
objResponse.errorDetail = ex.Message.ToString();
objResponse.data = null;
}
return objResponse;
}
Reponse Class :
public class Response<T>
{
public bool isSuccess { get; set; }
public string errorDetail { get; set; }
public T data { get; set; }
}
I am stuck at this for hours now. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I have solved my problem by using the following code : ( I guess it needed CORS support)
function isIE() {
var ua = window.navigator.userAgent;
var msie = ua.indexOf("MSIE");
if (msie > 0)
return true;
return false;
}
Then in document.ready function of my binding script :
$(document).ready(function () {
if (isIE())
$.support.cors = true;
});
Note : it still download Json stream as a file but now my AJAX call is successful upon each hit.

Answer 2

You've missed contentType: 'text/html' which is pretty important for IE7-8:
$.ajax(
{
type: "GET",
url: WebApiURL + "/api/home/GetQueryIssueResolvedData?deptCode=" + departCode,
dataType: "json",
contentType: 'text/html'
crossDomain: true,
async: true,
cache: false,
success: function (myData) {
var result = JSON.parse(myData);
///...code...
},
error: function (x, e) {
alert('There seems to be some problem while fetching records!');
}
}
);
To make it works in IE7-8 you also need to be sure that you've writing Conrent-Type Header into your response on server side. Add this line right before return statement;
response.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/html; charset=iso-8859-1");
And in code probably you will need to parse result in success method by using JSON.parse(myData);