Why isn't the JSONP callback function getting invoked? - ajax

Question

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?

Answer 1

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');
}
});