Question

I want to call a webservice using jQuery.ajax() but the webervice doesn’t get called. – If I change the url: to reference a .ashx file it gets called but not .asmx?

Here’s the code I’m using:

jQuery.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "/services/CheckUsername.asmx/CheckUsername", // this doesn't get called
        //url: "/services/CheckUsername.ashx/ProcessRequest", this gets called
        data: '{ "context": "' + "username" + '"}',
        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
        dataType: 'json',

        success: function (msg) {
            alert("Result: " + msg);
        },
        error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
            alert("Error: " + textStatus)
        }

The .ashx file gets called but a parsererror is retuned because it’s returning http context – how can I modify this to get a string return type from a webservice?

Thanks,

Answer 1

try setting [ScriptMethod] attribute to your server side method