getting jsonp to work in asp.net api - asp.net-web-api

having issues getting my jsonp to work with my client backbone script,pagenator keep gettgin invalid key error
having looked around people say its to to do with my service not return jsonp.
For example SyntaxError: invalid label, i've written a mvc4 web api service this is what it returns does it look right and also is there anything i need to add to my api to support jsonp ?
{
"odata.metadata":"http://test.test.uk/api/odata/$metadata#lnews","value":[
{
"ID":1,"title":"This is a test news artical","mainContent":"<p>\r\n\tthis is a test article</p>\r\n","featured":1,"visiblehomepage":1,"thedatetime":"2013-08-05T10:36:05.98","expireon":"2013-08-15T00:00:00","category":17,"embargo":null,"embargotime":"PT0S","embargodate":null,"customthumbnail":null,"news_layout":3,"LNBE":0,"LNBN":0,"LNBS":0,"LNBW":0,"LNWV":0,"LNWS":1,"LNDY":0,"LNSW":0,"LNSH":0,"LNCV":0
},{
"ID":2,"title":"This is a test article","mainContent":"<p>\r\n\twelcome to the best site in the world</p>\r\n","featured":1,"homepage":1,"thedatetime":"2013-08-05T10:42:54.763","expireon":"2013-08-22T00:00:00","category":null,"embargo":null,"embargotime":"PT0S","embargodate":null,"customthumbnail":"Water lilies.jpg","news_layout":4,"LNBE":1,"LNBN":1,"LNBS":1,"ff":1,"LNWV":1,"LNWS":1,"LNDY":1,"LNSW":1,"LNSH":1,"LNCV":1
}
]
}

Here is a JSONP URL:
http://odata.netflix.com/v2/Catalog/Genres?$format=json&$callback=?
Here is a diagram:
CLIENT SERVER
------ ------
Makes URL request Looks up function matching this URL param ($callback)
Executes asynchonously If found, executes function asynchonously
Returns from callback Returns data from server side as a function, or error
References
Learn By Example Guide for Select State.gov Data (SSD): JSONP

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Load data from ajax request (json) on startup in AngularJs

I have this simple page that just needs to show contents that is loaded from an external url (ajax request, response in json format)
I should say I'm a AngularJS newbie.
I've googled a bunch and found different ways of doing this and couldn't manage to determine which is the correct/simple/up-to-date way to achieve this.
My 2 challenges -
Making the AJAX request run on startup (I can load the page before that happens and just load the contents one the ajax request finishes. Maybe show a 'Loading..' indicator)
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Here is my attempt. I know that the ajax request is never made because its not setup correctly.
You are getting into .error function:
http://jsbin.com/oDUsuVA/3/edit
For jsonp your response should be something like:
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{
"title":"License Title 1",
"licenseUrl":"http://cnn.com",
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Edit:
You can simply do .get() request too, but if you had to use jsonp request interface, you would have to correct response.
A Jsonp request always wraps the logic into a json callback wrapper function.
I just did $http.get instead of your $http.jsonp and it did work for me.

IE8 - Geocode Ajax call never succeeds

Please excuse my bad english, I'm french ;)
SO, I've to make an Ajax call you this kind of url :
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With this code :
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Use your own server as a proxy (I do this).
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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.
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Check out this jQuery Docs page and scroll down to their example using JSONP with the Flickr API.

Retrieving XML data from a ReST service across domains with Dojo

I am trying to write a browser-based Javascript client for a ReST application which responds with XML (so it seems JSONP is out of the questions).
I am trying to retrieve the data using dojo.io.script.get but the parameter that is passed to the callback function is an object from which it seems I cannot retrieve the XML data of the response.
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If you want to load XML, you'll need to use dojo.xhrGet; however, this will not allow requests to 3rd party urls. The advantage of using dojo.io.script.get is that you can use different origin address' than the page loading them.
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Another solution that I have used is to write a proxy script (in PHP or other server language) to mirror the XML on the correct domain. You'll need to be careful if you do this to include good checks so that your server code is not abused by someone for proxying.
See the following Stackoverflow conversation for more about Access-Control-Allow-Origin:
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When I call plans.models afterwards I still have an empty array and the object that returns from plans.fetch() doesn't seem to have any json data included.
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I have had the same problem before. You should not have to override your sync method.
Taken from Stackoverflow Answer
"The JSONP technique uses a completely different mechanism for issuing HTTP requests to a server and acting on the response. It requires cooperating code in the client page and on the server. The server must have a URL that responds to HTTP "GET" requests with a block of JSON wrapped in a function call. Thus, you can't just do JSONP transactions to any old server; it must be a server that explicitly provides the functionality."
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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:
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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.
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Lots of steps involved. Using a library like jQuery provides a lot of support for this.
Hope this helps.

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