Question

I want to get Javascript data in another page and use it in an existing javascript.

Let me explain it with the codes.

I want to get this data from that other page

   <script type="text/javascript">
      var data = {
  "users": [
    {
      "latitude": "48.405163",
      "longitude": "2.684659"
    },
    {
      "latitude": "43.7347242529278",
      "longitude": "7.42198348045349"
    }
  ]
};
    </script> 

I tried to get it it using this code

    $(function MapData() {
        $.getScript({
            type: "GET",
            url: "default.cs.asp?Process=ViewCheckinMap",
            success: function(data) {
                $("#content").append(data);
            },
            error: function (data) {
                $("#content").append(data);
            }
        });
    });

In order to use data inside the data variable it in this code

  function initialize() {
    var center = new google.maps.LatLng(48.404840395764175, 2.6845264434814453);

    var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
      zoom: 3,
      center: center,
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
    });

    var markers = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < data.users.length; i++) {
      var location = data.users[i];
      var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(location.latitude,
          location.longitude);
      var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: latLng
      });
      markers.push(marker);
    }
    var markerCluster = new MarkerClusterer(map, markers);
  }
  google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize); 

But I am getting data is not defined error.

I also tried getting data from the other page using

$.getScript('default.cs.asp?Process=ViewCheckinMap');

But I got the same error.

How can I fix this?
Many thanks!

Answer 1

When you’re loading javascript with $.getScript(), you should not include <script> tags in the file you’re loading. Also, you need to run your initialize() function after you’ve finished loading the file:

$.getScript('default.cs.asp?Process=ViewCheckinMap', initialize)