ajax call with jquery asp.net mvc - ajax

Question

I have a button with the class "btn" and span with id "ajaxtest". When I click on the button I want to put text "test" in my span tag. And this to be done in ASP.NET MVC.
In the View I have the following ajax call:
<span id="ajaxtest"></span>
<input type="submit" class="btn" name="neverMind" value="Test BTN"/>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".btn").click(function () {
$.ajax({
method: "get",
cache: false,
url: "/MyController/MyAction",
dataType: 'string',
success: function (resp) {
$("#ajaxtest").html(resp);
}
});
});
});
</script>
In MyController I have the following code:
public string MyAction()
{
return "test";
}
I know how Ajax works, and I know how MVC works. I know that maybe the error is because we are expecting something like this in the controller:
public ActionResult MyAction()
{
if (Request.IsAjaxRequest())
{
//do something here
}
//do something else here
}
But actually that is my problem. I don't want to call some partial View with this call. I just want to return some string in my span and I'm wondering if this can be done without using additional partial views.
I want to use simple function that will only return the string.

Answer 1

Change dataType: 'string' to dataType: 'text'
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".btn").click(function () {
$.ajax({
method: "get",
cache: false,
url: "/login/MyAction",
dataType: 'text',
success: function (resp) {
$("#ajaxtest").html(resp);
}
});
});
});
</script>
I check it my local it will work for me