The following ajax works exactly as advertised in Chrome. HTTP PUT is used to trigger the insertion of an object into a RESTful API.
$.ajax({
type: "PUT",
url: "/ajax/rest/team/create/",
dataType: "json",
processData: false,
data: JSON.stringify(teamObject),
success: function (response) {
teamObject = response.object;
}
});
I note that the jQuery API docs helpfully tell me that PUT and DELETE may work but are not guaranteed in all browsers. Such as is my problem.
How is a RESTful API supposed to be implemented on the client side with a problem like this?
EDIT: Firebug tells me that FF is indeed issuing a PUT, but for some currently unknown reason it's dying before getting to the server. To repeat, this works fine in Chrome.
EDIT: Fiddler doesn't see the FF attempt at all. :(
I got the following to work.
var payload = JSON.stringify(teamObject)
syncHTTP('/ajax/rest/team/create/', 'PUT', payload);
function syncHTTP(url,method,payload) {
var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
client.open(method, url, false);
client.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
client.send(payload);
}
I'd rather use jQuery than roll my own tho. :| If anyone ever figures it out, just add an answer and if it works I'll accept it.
Thanks.
$.ajax({
type: "PUT",
url: "/ajax/rest/team/create/",
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json",
processData: false,
data: JSON.stringify(teamObject),
success: function (response) {
teamObject = response.object;
}
});
You need to add contentType. When contentType is set to application/json jquery do not try to create JSON object from JSON string but send it as is - as string.
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I've the below code which I'm using to hit a node.js endpoint. However when it is getting hit, the endpoint URL appends an & to it like this,
http://localhost:3004/expenses/?q=&12/02/2014
Hence I'm not getting the desired result back.
Here is how my code looks like,
$('#myForm').on('submit', (e)=>{
e.preventDefault();
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://localhost:3004/expenses/?q=',
processData: false,
data: $('#startDate').val(),
contentType: 'application/json',
success:(data, status)=>{
// alert(status);
},
error:()=>{
alert('problem');
}
})
})
Can someone shed some light?
The issue is most likely related to the processData: false telling jQuery to not format the data for the request, and the GET url already containing ? in it. Given that you are not giving the request json, I would suggest reducing your call to simplify the issue.
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://localhost:3004/expenses/',
data: { q: $('#startDate').val() },
success:(data, status)=>{
// alert(status);
},
error:()=>{
alert('problem');
}
});
If you do not give the processData in the options, it will convert the data you give it to a query param for the request. Given that this is a GET request, it will generate the ?q=<value> for you. And as mentioned in the comments, you do not need contentType: application/json on the options as that is telling jQuery to put the content type on the request so the server knows you are sending it json in the body. Which you are not, :)
So I am a bit lost and hoping you can help me out. I am writing an app in simple PHP/HTML/Javascript app.
My Goal: To POST json data to an API.
How can I go about this? I just can't find any good examples to show me the best way to handle this.
In my request I need to send Basic Authorization as well as the json values.
This is what I have right now
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "host.com/api/comments",
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
headers: {
"Authorization": "Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
},
data: '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}',
success: function (){
alert('Comment Submitted');
}
});
I can't get the above code to work. Im using a button to call a function that will start the ajax call but nothing is happening.
Any help be be amazing! Thank You.
Use
contentType:"application/json"
You need to use JSON.stringify method to convert it to JSON format when you send it,
And the model binding will bind the json data to your class object.
The below code will work fine (tested)
$(function () {
var customer = {contact_name :"Scott",company_name:"HP"};
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data :JSON.stringify(customer),
url: "api/Customer",
contentType: "application/json"
});
});
If you're writing the API in PHP, and it uses $_POST to get the parameters, you shouldn't send JSON. PHP only knows how to decode multipart/form-data and application/x-www-form-urlencode. If you pass an object to $.ajax, jQuery will use the urlencode format.
Just take the quotes off the object that you're passing to the data: option.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "host.com/api/comments",
dataType: 'json',
async: false,
headers: {
"Authorization": "Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
},
data: {"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}},
success: function (){
alert('Comment Submitted');
}
});
You also shouldn't use async: false, it is deprecated. Learn to write proper async code.
Nobody seems to have addressed one issue - the URL
If the page this is requested from is http://yourhost.com/path/file.html the request will be sent as http://yourhost.com/path/host.com/api/comments
As you have host.com in the URL, I assumed the request is to a different domain?
use one of
http://host.com/api/comments
https://host.com/api/comments
//host.com/api/comments
will only work if your page is loaded http and not https
will work only if the remote API supports https
will only always work properly if the remote API supports both http and https
The other issue is regarding the format of the sent data
The default content-type for $.ajax POST is application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
So, sending a POST request with various combinations of contentType and data shows the following
Firstly, without setting contentType
data: '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}'
request is sent as formData '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}'
data: {"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}},
request is sent as formdata, the following values:
value1: 2.0
value2: setPowerState
value3[state]: 0
looks better, because there's actually multiple values, not just a string
Now, let's set contentType
contentType: 'json', data: {"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}},
firefox does not tell me the format of the following string: 'value1=2.0&value2=setPowerState&value3%5Bstate%5D=0' - looks useless
And finally
contentType: 'json', data: '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}',
sends the following JSON: '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}'
So, finally, if the API requires JSON request data, and it's actually on a domain called "host.com"
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "//host.com/api/comments",
dataType: 'json',
contentType: 'json', data: '{"value1":"2.0", "value2":"setPowerState", "value3":{"state":0}}',
});
My Code is as below for Javascript
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "page/rSales.aspx",
data: { ListID: '1', ItemName: 'test' },
dataType: "json",
success: function (res) {
alert('Success');
},
error: function (res) {
alert('Fail');
}
});
I use http tracer tools to trace whether or not the parameter is passing on to my backend - and it is not. I have also tried adding contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8', adjust parameter by adding colon, but none of it is working.
My Backend code C# :
Request.Params["ListID"].ToString();
It always returns null, due to the parameter not passing on. I am wondering what is causing this problem and how should I resolve it.
The Request.Params collection does not support JSON requests, so you have to parse response body manually (or send it as form data).
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.params(v=vs.110).aspx says "Gets a combined collection of QueryString, Form, Cookies, and ServerVariables items."
For firefox you declare var event; before your ajax call this is very well known issue in firefox.
I have getJson like this:
$.getJSON(userUrl+'scanp?callback=?', { 'someparametar': 100 }, function(data){
console.log(data);
});
and I do get a response from my url, and it looks like this:
'"jQuery1110010384737118147314_1401820556204({'hasWon':'false','code':'120580e9fce67a4921f31af7ffa358cc10c83b10','defaultReward':'{\"secure_url\":\"https://res.cloudinary.com/deh0vdgzd/image/upload/v1401318096/k6jrm2pehwycmehrkicz.png\",\"url\":\"http://res.cloudinary.com/deh0vdgzd/image/upload/v1401318096/k6jrm2pehwycmehrkicz.png\",\"resource_type\":\"image\",\"format\":\"png\",\"height\":960,\"width\":640,\"signature\":\"a8ca9bb867e0a3d99e1666b7891e8f918d81e627\",\"version\":1401318096,\"public_id\":\"k6jrm2pehwycmehrkicz\"}''}"'
Any idea why I don't get any response when I console.log it?
With 'callback' in your querystring, JQuery wraps the response with a randomly generated method name. To get JSON (without method name), remove 'callback=?' from querystring.
If your server supports JSONP, you can make a call like this :
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: url,
jsonpCallback: 'jsonCallback',
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(json) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(json));
},
error: function(e) {
console.log(e.message);
}
});
Hope this helps.
Well I figured it out, the request I wrote was perfectly fine. The thing that was causing the the problem was response I was getting from server.
It was JSON stringified before return.
I'm attempting to use AJAX to call make a SOAP call (not cross-site, so it shouldn't run into difficulties with proxies, etc.)
However, this requires two custom headers in the XHR, SOAPTarget and SOAPAction. Currently, I'm using jQuery to make the ajax call like so:
jQuery.ajax({
url: this.location,
type: 'POST',
data: sm,
dataType: "xml",
contentType: "text/xml",
processData: false,
beforeSend: function(xhr){
xhr.setRequestHeader(
"SOAPTarget",
this.location
);
xhr.setRequestHeader(
"SOAPAction",
this.urn
);
},
success: jQuery.jSOAPClient.success,
error: jQuery.jSOAPClient.error
});
The code all executes as expected, however when I view the headers in Firebug, there's no change to them.
XHR will not accept a request header with a null value and, as it turns out, the this in this block refers to the Ajax call rather than the object that the ajax call is part of.
This question should probably be renamed "noob mistakes happen".
I recently had a similar problem. Instead of using 'beforeSend' try using ajaxSend.