Question

This is my first time attempting working with JQuery, Json AND calling a web service.. So please bear with me here.

I need to call a webserivce using JQuery, that then returns a Json object that I then want to save to a javascript variable. I’ve attempted writing a little something. I just need someone to confirm that this is indeed how you do it. Before I instantiate it and potentially mess up something on my company’s servers. Anyways, here it is:

var returnedJson = $.ajax({
    type: 'Get',
    url: 'http://172.16.2.45:8080/Auth/login?n=dean&p=hello'
});

So there it is, calling a webservice with JQuery and assigning the returned jsonObject to a javascript variable. Can anyone confirm this is correct?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

var returnedJson = $.ajax({
    type: 'Get',
    url: 'http://172.16.2.45:8080/Auth/login?n=dean&p=hello'
});

If you do it like this returnedJson would be an XHR object, and not the json that youre after. You want to handle it in the success callback. Something like this:

$.ajax({
    // GET is the default type, no need to specify it
    url: 'http://172.16.2.45:8080/Auth/login',
    data: { n: 'dean', p: 'hello' },
    success: function(data) {
         //data is the object that youre after, handle it here
    }
});