IE8 - Geocode Ajax call never succeeds - ajax

Please excuse my bad english, I'm french ;)
SO, I've to make an Ajax call you this kind of url :
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=45.85941212790755,0&sensor=true
With this code :
$.ajax({ url:'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng='+pos.coords.latitude+','+pos.coords.longitude+'&sensor=true',
success: function(results){
// ...
}
});
But it never succeeds for IE8 (It's ok for chrome and FF, IE9&10).
Have you got an idea ?

EDIT
My bad, in IE8 you cannot request a geocode from the client side any longer because google has removed JSONP support from their geocoder.
You can do one of two things
Use your own server as a proxy (I do this).
This basically means that you make a request to a script on your own server that uses cURL (or similar) to make a request to the google geocoder and then return the results back to you.
If you're using the google maps api, you have the option of using it's built-in geocoder (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/geocoding-simple)
OLD REPLY
It's a cross domain call in IE8 - you'll get a No Transport error (or if you add jQuery.support.cors = true you'll still get an Access is Denied error.
Best solutions is to use JSONP. jQuery makes using JSONP trivial.
Check out this jQuery Docs page and scroll down to their example using JSONP with the Flickr API.

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Curl works but ajax not working in Shopify private app

I have created a private app from my store and try to hit https://API_KEY:PASS#STORE_NAME/admin/orders.json URL using ajax and curl. It is working if I use curl but not with ajax. Can anyone explain here what is the issue?
This might be a Cross origin problem. If you are using jQuery try to make an ajax call with dataType set to jsonp as shown here:
$.ajax("url", {
dataType: "jsonp",
success: function(data) {
console.log(data);
}
})
Like the other answer said, it's a cross origin problem (See CORS)
Best way to deal with it normally is Shopify App Proxy, but this isn't available to private apps, only custom apps. Best bet is to build a custom app and authenticate with OAuth2, assuming there's no other reason you've chosen to build a private app instead.
If the nature of your app permits the change to a custom app, the App Proxy will give you a {store-name}.myshopify.com/{resource} end point that will bypass the cross-origin issue, but forward the request to your remote server.
Also, when you're working with JS and something is not working, check the console, and share any errors. No one can really tell you why it's not working without seeing either the code, the error, or both, but this is a common enough stumbling block with AJAX since all this cross-origin security stuff got put into place that I'm 90% sure it's the answer.

Angular JS $http request does not reach the server in ie8

I'm having issues with using $http on ie8. The request does not reach the server, until I hit a refresh. Coming back to the same link still has the same problem until I hit refresh again.
The weird thing is if the web server is on LAN and the request is made to a server in LAN, it works fine. But if the webserver is hosted remotely, it does not work!
Here is the code:
Index.html
{{test}}
Controller
app.controller(
"TestController",
function( $scope, $http) {
var url = '/test/get_data';
$http.get(url).success(function(data) {
$scope.test = data;
});
}
);
I got this error: TypeError: Object doesn't support this property or methodundefined
I prepared a JSFiddle earlier but JSFiddle is broken in ie8 so I don't provide it here.
Unfortunately I don't have a remote server that I can share with you.
Edit
Previously I used an external url which gave me 'Access Denied' error in ie because of Same Origin Policy as mentioned by one answer below. But this was not my original problem. I still have the issue above when request is from the same origin
This is a cross domain request, which is not allowed in ajax because of Same Origin Policy.
There are two solutions for this
1. JSONP: It is a cross browser way to handle cross domain ajax requests using javascript callback mechanism
2. CORS: It is a HTML5 standard, it is implemented by most of the modern browsers except IE
Mongodb lab is not supporting jsonp since it has support for CORS, that is why your request is failing in IE and works in Chrome and other browsers.
As per this post they do not have any plan to support jsonp, so I don't thick there is a way to make this work in IE.
So I found the fix... Hope this helps anyone out there that experience this problem
Angular script needs to be loaded after jQuery. I didn't have this because Yii framework that I use autoloads jQuery and the angular was not included after the jQuery.
All the controller functions need to be at the end of body section (just before the closing )
Updating to angular 1.0.5 seems to fix the problem. The problem occurred in 1.0.4 with all the above tricks. I think is related to fix 791804bd

jQuery and Ajax with json - fails in IE

I'm using jQuery (1.7.0) to make a json/ajax call to Spotify. The following code works fine in Chrome and Firefox, but causes an error (Error: Access is denied.) in IE.
$.ajax({
url: 'http://ws.spotify.com/lookup/1/.json',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json',
cache: true,
data: {
uri: "someartist",
extras: "album"
},
success: successfn,
error:function(xhr, status, errorThrown) {
alert("networking error: "+errorThrown+'\n'+status+'\n'+xhr.statusText);
}
});
The success function is called in Chrome and FF, but the error function is called in IE with the above message. I have set cors to true: jQuery.support.cors = true;.
It works on Chrome and FF both locally and on my server, it works in IE locally but not on the server. Changing cache: false causes problems at the spotify end - doesn't line additional parameters, so I get a "bad request" error.
Grateful for any pointers.
Thanks
Abo
You are relying on the spotify url to give a Access-Control-Allow-Origin:* in their header to allow cross domain requests from all domains. Internet explorer however doesn't support this, so it gives access denied.
access-control-allow-origin explained. (TLDR: Servers may allow cross domain ajax in their headers)
If you need this to work in IE, you could use spotify's JSONP API if they have one or make the AJAX request in flash, which works in all browsers and passes the requests response data to your javascript.
The above answer about using jsonp is correct; I want to add:
Don't set
jquery.support.cors = true;
I'm not sure why so many questions begin by stating they took that step. This property is meant to be read to find out if the browser supports CORS. You should only override it if you know differently, and in my experience it's accurate for all major browsers. Setting it to true doesn't enable the browser to use CORS, it just denies you the info that CORS is going to fail.
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.support/
can you give an example of returned data?
at a /guess/, it either has something to do with the filename ".json", or the JSON returned has something weird about it.
I'm surprised this works on Chrome or Firefox. You shouldn't be able to run cross-domain JSON requests.
If Spotify API supports it, you should use JSONP in order to access resources from other domains.
Also see: No response from jQuery ajax call
I don't see this working in FF. You can't make cross-domain Ajax calls. So I'm not sure what's going on when you say that it works in FF. But I just tried the following in FF and I got the error. So all you can do is make the call on the server side and then include the results in your page.
http://jsfiddle.net/2XWGn/

Cross domain javascript ajax request - status 200 OK but no response

Here is my situation:
Im creating a widget that site admins can embed in their site and the data are stored in my server. So the script basically has to make an ajax request to a php file in my server to update the database. Right? Right :)
The ajax request works excellent when i run it in my local server but it does not work when the php file is on my ONLINE server.
This is the code im using:
var url = "http://www.mydomain.net/ajax_php.php";
var params = "com=ins&id=1&mail=mymail#site.net";
http.async = true;
http.open("POST", url, true);
http.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(http.readyState == 4 && http.status == 200) {
//do my things here
alert( http.responseText );
}
}
http.send(params);
In firebug it shows: http://www.mydomain.net/ajax_php.php 200 OK X 600ms.
When i check the ajax responnseText I always get a Status:0
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Thanks..
Cross-domain requests are not directly allowed. However, there is a commonly-used technique called JSONP that will allow you to avoid this restriction through the use of script tags. Basically, you create a callback function with a known name:
function receiveData(data) {
// ...
}
And then your server wraps JSON data in a function call, like this:
receiveData({"the": "data"});
And you "call" the cross-domain server by adding a script tag to your page. jQuery elegantly wraps all of this up in its ajax function.
Another technique that I've had to use at times is cross-document communication through iframes. You can have one window talk to another, even cross-domain, in a restricted manner through postMessage. Note that only recent browsers have this functionality, so that option is not viable in all cases without resorting to hackery.
You're going to need to have your response sent back to your client via a JSONP call.
What you'll need to do is to have your request for data wrapped in a script tag. Your server will respond with your data wrapped in a function call. By downloading the script as an external resource, your browser will execute the script (just like adding a reference to an external JS file like jQuery) and pass the data to a known JS method. Your JS method will then take the data and do whatever you need to do with it.
Lots of steps involved. Using a library like jQuery provides a lot of support for this.
Hope this helps.

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I'm requesting a page via JSON but never reach the callback-function. Does someone know why this is happening?
jQuery.getJSON("'. $dnd_fileupload_dir .'dnd-medialink.php?format=json&jsoncallback=?", function(data){
alert("lalala");
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Use firebug to see what's going on. Either the request URI is incorrect and there is a 400 error, or the response is not valid JSON.
I would suggest downloading fiddler tool and using it to watch what is sent over http. A simple search on google will get you to the fiddler website

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