Question

I am new to ExpressionEngine. I am working on doing a AJAX call that returns JSON only and trying figure out if I should do it by inserting the method into the actions table or by calling a stripped down template.

Template would look like this … one line … (in ajax.group/call.html):

{exp:ajaxclass:ajaxmethod}

This way it is simply a call to http://localhost/ajaxclass/ajaxmethod/

Action’s Table:

http://localhost?ACT=1

I really don’t like putting the act id in the URI but I have been told that there are benifits to do that over the template way like it being faster. Are there benefits to using the ACT= over calling a stripped down template? I feel like I like the template way better.

Answer 1

The advantage of using the action URL is that the EE template engine doesn’t run when it’s called, so it should be faster (less overhead).

That’s about it though.