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Asked: 2026-06-05T18:43:04+00:00

My jQuery fu is new, so forgive the obvious if this question is indeed

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My jQuery fu is new, so forgive the obvious if this question is indeed that.

jQuery ajax documentation shows error and success defined as follows:

error(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown)
success(data, textStatus, jqXHR)

This is hosing me a bit consistency-wise as, by default, server-side I return status (200, 401, 404, etc.) along with a JSON encoded response, which could be a json error or success string, array, object and so on.

Basically what is happening is that on success receiving json string (coffeescript)

success: (data) ->
  $('#status').html( data )

I can print the json response string directly, which is confusing, as the equivalent error version requires me to parse the json string and access the responseText attrib of the data object:

error: (data) ->
  $('#status').html( jParse(data.responseText) )

So, how can I get client-side to mirror server-side consistency? i.e. respond with json server-side and know that I need parse/access object attrib(s) on client.

Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    As I understand it, in “RESTful” services where success (or otherwise) is indicated in the HTTP status code, you’re not supposed to put meaningful content in the HTTP body of an error condition. Put it in the text of the 40x error code instead.

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