Question

jQuery code:

function ajaxsubmit(){
$.ajax({
    url: "/update",
    type: "POST",
    dataType: "html"
}).success(function(data) {
      $('#result').html(data);
  });
}

and my Java function:

public static Result ajaxupdate() {
    String done = "very good";
    return ok("very good").as("text/plain");
}

the alert is giving [object Object], instead of plain text "very good". why?

Answer 1

add dataType: “text” and change complete() with success()

function ajaxsubmit(){
    $.ajax({
        url: "/update",
        type: "POST",
        dataType: "html"
    }).success(function(data) {
          $('#result').html(data);
      });
    }