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Uncaught Syntax Error Unexpected token : , but the server received a valid json object from the server

I am trying to do a GET request to solr search engine using $.ajax() from jQuery. This is the code I am using for doing an ajax call:
$.ajax({
url : 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port#/solr/mycore/select?indent=on&q=myparam:value&wt=json',
type: "GET",
dataType: "jsonp",
jsonp : "callback",
success: function(data) {
console.log("Success", data);
},
error: function(data) { alert("Error"); }
});
So I am getting a valid json object in the response but somehow the browser throws an Uncaught Syntax Error. The actual error is:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
select?indent=on&q=myparam:value&wt=json&callback=…....somevalue...
The tricky part is that the response header is text/plain when I checked in the browser. How can I solve this? Please help me...

Colons require encoding in query strings.
Your url should look like this:
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port#/solr/mycore/select?indent=on&q=myparam%3Avalue&wt=json
If you're generating the query string dynamically, use encodeURIComponent() to correctly encode special characters.

I got this solved. Actually I had to use jsonpCallback:"mysuccesscallbackfunction" in the ajax call and json.wrf=mysuccesscallbackfunction in the URL. It looks like this now:
$.ajax({
url : 'http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:port#/solr/mycore/select?indent=on&q=myparam:value&wt=json&json.wrf=mysuccesscallbackfunction',
type: "GET",
dataType: "jsonp",
jsonp : "callback",
jsonpCallback:"mysuccesscallbackfunction",
success: function(data) {
console.log("Success", data);
},
error: function(data) { alert("Error"); }
});
and my mysuccesscallbackfunction is:
function mysuccesscallbackfunction(resp) {
console.log('inside mysuccesscallbackfunction: ', resp );
}
Now, first it executes whatever is inside mysuccesscallbackfunction and then goes to default success callback. I found it somewhere on web. I would still like to know why it worked now.

Cross Domain Ajax get Request

I'd like to ask a question for cross-domain Get request via Ajax.
My ajax request is Like that
var currency_path="http://forex.cbm.gov.mm/api/latest";
$.ajax({
url: currency_path,
crossDomain:true,
type:"GET",
dataType:'jsonp',
async:false,
success: function(data){
console.log(data);
},
error: function(){
alert('failure');
}
}).done(function(msg) {
console.log(msg);
});
I got the response but i can't trace that
Any Suggestion ?

Look in your JavaScript error console:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
You have dataType:'jsonp', but the URL is returning JSON.
You can't parse JSON as JSONP, there are different data formats.
Use some other technique to access the data.

PhoneGap - Sending JSON encoding data error

I am using Phonegap to connect to a server to authenticate a user. The server expects the data to be Json encoded, and I will get the response back from the server.
var serviceURL = "http://appdev/PEPS-CS-Services/";
The serviceURL (APPDEV) is hosted on our network within the office.
var loginData = {
'strUniqueID' : '123',
'UserName' : 'User123',
'Password' : 'Password123'
};
I have checked the login credentials and they are fine. When I try the following:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: serviceURL + "services/AuthenticationServices/authenticateUser",
data: loginData,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
},
failure: function(errMsg) {
alert(errMsg);
}
});
I get the Access-Control-Allow-Origin error in my console.
XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://appdev/PEPS-CS-Services/services/AuthenticationServices/authenticateUser.
No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.
Origin 'http://localhost' is therefore not allowed access.
I had a look around, and I was suggested to use Jsonp as the dataType in the ajax request, which does give me back the response I was looking for. However, it isn't alerted out as it should be, the console shows the url with the parameters used in the loginData variable, as below
Resource interpreted as Script but transferred with MIME type application/xml:
http://appdev/PEPS-CS-Services/services/AuthenticationServices/authenticateUser?callback=jQuery164017807046906091273_1396515434941&strUniqueID=123&UserName=Mark&Password=Password1&_=1396515434963"
When I open the link in a browser i get the correct response, as below
<ns:authenticateUserResponse xmlns:ns="http://services">
<ns:return>SESSION ID HERE</ns:return>
</ns:authenticateUserResponse>
However, I also get the Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < error below it.
I have tried to change to data: loginData to data: {'data':$.toJSON(loginData)}, but still the same error.
My questions are the following:
Am I sending the data over correctly? Why does the jQuery164017807046906091273_1396515434941 get added to the URL before the parameters?
And why am I getting the Uncaught SyntaxError too?
Is this because the server is sending back the incorrect format of the data? It is currently sending back XML
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

This is a familiar cross context issue, you are not allowed to request resource from another domain with simple ajax call and expect a result.
Instead, use a jsonp call and regiter a callback function to call when return result:
var success = function(data){
/* parse JSON */
data = $.parseJSON(data);
/* show json parsed data */
alert(data);
};
$.ajax({
url: serviceURL + "services/AuthenticationServices/authenticateUser",
dataType: 'jsonp', //use jsonp data type in order to perform cross domain ajax
crossDomain: true,
data: loginData,
success: success,
error: function(errMsg) {
alert(errMsg);
}
});

Google Places API: json error Uncaught SyntaxError Unexpected token

I dont get why i get so many different errors.
I'm using Google Places API for a test, and using simply an ajax query call with callback, i receive back the json but in CHrome browser i get
"Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :"
why the hell is that?
I supposed Google does it right, and their json must be correct...so where could be the problem?
this is my code
$.ajax({
dataType: "json",
url: "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/json?location=40.47,-73.58&radius=5000&sensor=false&key=MYOWN&name&callback=?",
success: function(data) {
console.log('success');
},
error: function(data) {
console.log('error');
}
});

You get this error, if a server returns plain JSON. As this is a cross-site request, jQuery has to use the JSONP-technique where the server-response is interpreted as script. This is the only way to do cross-site-requests in the browser.
The problem is that the server has to support JSONP and surround the JSON answer with a callback generated by jQuery. The response must look like that:
jQuery17101705844928510487_1324249734338({"data":"whatever"});
Server-Example with PHP:
<?php
header("Content-Type:text/javascript"); // avoid browser warnings
$request = new HttpRequest("http://programmingisart.com/json-data-source.php", HttpRequest::METH_GET);
$request->send();
$json_data = $request->getResponseBody();
// wrap the data as with the callback
$callback = isset($_GET["callback"]) ? $_GET["callback"] : "alert";
echo $callback."(".$json_data.");";
Client-Example with jQuery:
<div id="json-result"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
dataType: "jsonp",
url: "jsonp-wrapper.php",
success: function(data) {
$("#json-result").html(JSON.stringify(data));
},
error: function() {
alert("error");
}
});
});
</script>
You can replace the PHP-code with any other server-platform and do the required steps.
HTTP-Request to a JSON source
Wrap the JSON as with a callback-function

How do I pass or parse that access_token from the Dom to a Variable I can then Store and call for access_token?

With help from others I've gotten to the point where I can see the json return from foursquare but any attempts to call it yield an error.
Essentially, if I'm in Firebug and look at the net objects I see the status 200
If I click on the JSON tab I can see my access_token, but how do I extract it from there so I can use for API calls?
Here's the latest code tried.
var jsonUrl = url +"&callback=?";
var access_token;
$("#getJSON").click(function() {
$.getJSON(jsonUrl, { dataType: "JSONP" }, function(json){
...
access_token = json.access_token;
...
});
});
also tried
$.ajax({
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: 'callback',
url: url,
success: function (json) {
console.log(json.access_token);
},
});
But when I try and alert(access_token); or run a foursquare api call I get the following errors
Resource interpreted as Script but transferred with MIME type application/json.
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :
checkinsGET https://api.foursquare.com/v2/users/self/checkins?oauth_token=undefined&format=json 401 (Unauthorized)
I feel like its ready and waiting for me to call it, but how on earth do I print it from the Dom into a var that I can use? Been fighting for hours and been trying all my research techniques for some reason this one's elluding me. Thanks for everyone's help so far, I'm really hoping to get passed this!

Try removing the "&callback=?" from the url. I think jQuery adds that for you if you set the dataType to jsonp.
EDIT:
from the jquery ajax documentation describing the dataType parameter:
"jsonp": Loads in a JSON block using
JSONP. Will add an extra "?callback=?"
to the end of your URL to specify the
callback.