Question

I have this ‘web service’ I made that when accessed:

"http://192.168.0.1/api/v1/search/?query=thequery"

returns a JSON string as the result. Its very simple it just return string.

I am trying to access it from my client site using JQuery:

function doSearch() {
    $.ajax({    
        url: "http://192.168.0.1/api/v1/search/?query=" + $('#searchfield').val(),
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        success: function(json_results){
            alert('Alert title', 'Alert message!');
        },
        error: function() {
            alert('Error', 'Alert message!');
        }
    });
}

Although I when the web service return properly when accessed with curl or the web browser, when accessed through $.ajax it always fail, showing the Error alert message box.

EDIT: From Firebug console I get:

Content-Type    application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length  131
Connection  keep-alive

However, the reponse is empty.

Answer 1

dataType: 'jsonp'

You don’t have a JSONP service; you’re just returning JSON.

So, use the proper datatype:

dataType: 'json'