Question

jQuery has cool methods like getJSON, get and load. However all of them in the end make AJAX call.

I am trying to access API http://www.eventsinindia.com/cities/mumbai/events.js?month=2009-05 .

This API call returns the data in JSON format.

I could not find any way to call this API from jQuery and to get the output data in JSON format. I keep getting Access to restricted URI denied” code: “1012 error because jQuery is trying to make an AJAX call. AJAX call from a standalone page to a server is forbidden.

Answer 1

As it’s on a different domain, are you using a JSONP callback?

http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.getJSON

As of jQuery 1.2, you can load JSON
data located on another domain if you
specify a JSONP callback, which can be
done like so: “myurl?callback=?”.
jQuery automatically replaces the ?
with the correct method name to call,
calling your specified callback. This
callback parameter may vary depending
on API, for instance Yahoo Pipes
requires “_callback=?”