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How do I convert an entire website to a string that I can parse using javascript?

So I am making a website for my video game servers and our admin tool outputs the current server status as a .json in a giant string of text to this url:
http://server.bandwidthbandits.org/api/status
I want to take the entire string from the url and assign it to a var so I can use JSON.parse() with the string obtained from the link. In other words how do I convert the entire aforementioned web page into a long string I can parse with javascript?
I have no idea how to do that, but I'm pretty sure I can parse the JSON once it's in a string.
This is what I thought might work, but it didn't:
p id="SERVERS">HELLO</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
var txt = document.getElementsByTagName('http://server.bandwidthbandits.org/api/status')[0].innerHTML;
var obj = JSON.parse(txt);
document.getElementById("SERVERS").innerHTML = obj.name + ", " + obj.map + ", " + obj.gamemode + ", " + obj.players;
//more parsing necessary, but to tired to write full statement right now
</script>
UPDATED CODE:
<p id="name">HELLO</p>
<p id="maxp">HELLO</p>
<p id="curp">HELLO</p>
<script type="text/javascript">
function FetchAPI(url) {
fetch(url).then(function (data) {
return data.json();
}).then(function (obj1) {
console.log(obj1);
});
}
var nukestats = FetchAPI("http://server.bandwidthbandits.org/api/status/340417768");
obj = JSON.parse(nukestats);
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = 'Server name: ' + (obj[0].name);
document.getElementById("maxp").innerHTML = 'Max Players: ' + (obj[0].maxPlayers);
document.getElementById("curp").innerHTML = 'Current Players: ' + (obj[0].currentPlayers);
</script>
The updated code shows what I tried to do. Since there will be multiple servers that I will have to query I tried to make the fetching of the API into a function. The problem I face is that I don't know how to import the API from the web into something I know how to parse through. If I copy and paste the API output into my code as a variable it works, but it does not work when I try to import the API using java script.

You need to fetch the data from the site and using promises, parse it:
fetch("http://yourapi.com").then(function (data) {
return data.json();
}).then(function (obj) {
console.log(obj);
});
What you are looking at is not an actual website by the way. The API returns a json string and since the browser can't really do anything else with it, it will just display it as text.

You have to get response using ajax call with data type application/Json
Or Directly use below jquery method:
$.getJSON(url,function(data){
//Here you get json on data variable
});
But make sure your url will return json string.

Loading & Editing JSON File [duplicate]

I'm trying to load a local JSON file but it won't work. Here is my JavaScript code (using jQuery):
var json = $.getJSON("test.json");
var data = eval("(" +json.responseText + ")");
document.write(data["a"]);
The test.json file:
{"a" : "b", "c" : "d"}
Nothing is displayed and Firebug tells me that data is undefined. In Firebug I can see json.responseText and it is good and valid, but it's strange when I copy the line:
var data = eval("(" +json.responseText + ")");
in Firebug's console, it works and I can access data.
Does anyone have a solution?

$.getJSON is asynchronous so you should do:
$.getJSON("test.json", function(json) {
console.log(json); // this will show the info it in firebug console
});

I had the same need (to test my angularjs app), and the only way I found is to use require.js:
var json = require('./data.json'); //(with path)
note: the file is loaded once, further calls will use the cache.
More on reading files with nodejs: http://docs.nodejitsu.com/articles/file-system/how-to-read-files-in-nodejs
require.js: http://requirejs.org/

In a more modern way, you can now use the Fetch API:
fetch("test.json")
.then(response => response.json())
.then(json => console.log(json));
All modern browsers support Fetch API. (Internet Explorer doesn't, but Edge does!)
or with async/await
async function printJSON() {
const response = await fetch("test.json");
const json = await response.json();
console.log(json);
}
source:
Using Fetch
Fetch in Action
Can I use...?
How to Use Fetch with async/await

If you want to let the user select the local json file (anywhere on the filesystem), then the following solution works.
It uses FileReader and JSON.parser (and no jquery).
<html>
<body>
<form id="jsonFile" name="jsonFile" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<fieldset>
<h2>Json File</h2>
<input type='file' id='fileinput'>
<input type='button' id='btnLoad' value='Load' onclick='loadFile();'>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function loadFile() {
var input, file, fr;
if (typeof window.FileReader !== 'function') {
alert("The file API isn't supported on this browser yet.");
return;
}
input = document.getElementById('fileinput');
if (!input) {
alert("Um, couldn't find the fileinput element.");
}
else if (!input.files) {
alert("This browser doesn't seem to support the `files` property of file inputs.");
}
else if (!input.files[0]) {
alert("Please select a file before clicking 'Load'");
}
else {
file = input.files[0];
fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = receivedText;
fr.readAsText(file);
}
function receivedText(e) {
let lines = e.target.result;
var newArr = JSON.parse(lines);
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here is a good intro on FileReader: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/

If you're looking for something quick and dirty just load the data in the head of your HTML document.
data.js
var DATA = {"a" : "b", "c" : "d"};
index.html
<html>
<head>
<script src="data.js" ></script>
<script src="main.js" ></script>
</head>
...
</html>
main.js
(function(){
console.log(DATA); // {"a" : "b", "c" : "d"}
})();
I should mention that your heap size (in Chrome) is about 4GBs, so if your data is larger than that you should find another method. If you want to check another browser try this:
window.performance.memory.jsHeapSizeLimit / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 + " GBs"
// "4.046875 GBs"
Update ES6:
Instead of using the <script> tag to load your data you can load it directly inside you're main.js using the import assert
import data from './data.json' assert {type: 'json'};

how to using XMLHttpRequest to load the local json file
ES5 version
// required use of an anonymous callback,
// as .open() will NOT return a value but simply returns undefined in asynchronous mode!
function loadJSON(callback) {
var xObj = new XMLHttpRequest();
xObj.overrideMimeType("application/json");
xObj.open('GET', './data.json', true);
// 1. replace './data.json' with the local path of your file
xObj.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xObj.readyState === 4 && xObj.status === 200) {
// 2. call your callback function
callback(xObj.responseText);
}
};
xObj.send(null);
}
function init() {
loadJSON(function(response) {
// 3. parse JSON string into JSON Object
console.log('response =', response);
var json = JSON.parse(response);
console.log('your local JSON =', JSON.stringify(json, null, 4));
// 4. render to your page
const app = document.querySelector('#app');
app.innerHTML = '<pre>' + JSON.stringify(json, null, 4) + '</pre>';
});
}
init();
<section id="app">
loading...
</section>
ES6 version
// required use of an anonymous callback,
// as .open() will NOT return a value but simply returns undefined in asynchronous mode!
const loadJSON = (callback) => {
const xObj = new XMLHttpRequest();
xObj.overrideMimeType("application/json");
// 1. replace './data.json' with the local path of your file
xObj.open('GET', './data.json', true);
xObj.onreadystatechange = () => {
if (xObj.readyState === 4 && xObj.status === 200) {
// 2. call your callback function
callback(xObj.responseText);
}
};
xObj.send(null);
}
const init = () => {
loadJSON((response) => {
// 3. parse JSON string into JSON Object
console.log('response =', response);
const json = JSON.parse(response);
console.log('your local JSON =', JSON.stringify(json, null, 4));
// 4. render to your page
const app = document.querySelector('#app');
app.innerHTML = `<pre>${JSON.stringify(json, null, 4)}</pre>`;
});
}
init();
<section id="app">
loading...
</section>
online demo
https://cdn.xgqfrms.xyz/ajax/XMLHttpRequest/index.html

I can't believe how many times this question has been answered without understanding and/or addressing the problem with the Original Poster's actual code. That said, I'm a beginner myself (only 2 months of coding). My code does work perfectly, but feel free to suggest any changes to it. Here's the solution:
//include the 'async':false parameter or the object data won't get captured when loading
var json = $.getJSON({'url': "http://spoonertuner.com/projects/test/test.json", 'async': false});
//The next line of code will filter out all the unwanted data from the object.
json = JSON.parse(json.responseText);
//You can now access the json variable's object data like this json.a and json.c
document.write(json.a);
console.log(json);
Here's a shorter way of writing the same code I provided above:
var json = JSON.parse($.getJSON({'url': "http://spoonertuner.com/projects/test/test.json", 'async': false}).responseText);
You can also use $.ajax instead of $.getJSON to write the code exactly the same way:
var json = JSON.parse($.ajax({'url': "http://spoonertuner.com/projects/test/test.json", 'async': false}).responseText);
Finally, the last way to do this is to wrap $.ajax in a function. I can't take credit for this one, but I did modify it a bit. I tested it and it works and produces the same results as my code above. I found this solution here --> load json into variable
var json = function () {
var jsonTemp = null;
$.ajax({
'async': false,
'url': "http://spoonertuner.com/projects/test/test.json",
'success': function (data) {
jsonTemp = data;
}
});
return jsonTemp;
}();
document.write(json.a);
console.log(json);
The test.json file you see in my code above is hosted on my server and contains the same json data object that he (the original poster) had posted.
{
"a" : "b",
"c" : "d"
}

Add to your JSON file from the beginning
var object1 = [
and at the end
]
Save it
Then load it with pure js as
<script type="text/javascript" src="1.json"></script>
And now you can use it as object1 - its already loaded!
Works perfectly in Chrome and without any additional libraries

I'm surprised import from es6 has not been mentioned (use with small files)
Ex: import test from './test.json'
webpack 2< uses the json-loader as default for .json files.
https://webpack.js.org/guides/migrating/#json-loader-is-not-required-anymore
For TypeScript:
import test from 'json-loader!./test.json';
TS2307 (TS) Cannot find module 'json-loader!./suburbs.json'
To get it working I had to declare the module first. I hope this will save a few hours for someone.
declare module "json-loader!*" {
let json: any;
export default json;
}
...
import test from 'json-loader!./test.json';
If I tried to omit loader from json-loader I got the following error from webpack:
BREAKING CHANGE: It's no longer allowed to omit the '-loader' suffix
when using loaders.
You need to specify 'json-loader' instead of 'json',
see https://webpack.js.org/guides/migrating/#automatic-loader-module-name-extension-removed

Recently D3js is able to handle local json file.
This is the issue
https://github.com/mbostock/d3/issues/673
This is the patch inorder for D3 to work with local json files.
https://github.com/mbostock/d3/pull/632

Found this thread when trying (unsuccessfully) to load a local json file. This solution worked for me...
function load_json(src) {
var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
//use class, as we can't reference by id
var element = head.getElementsByClassName("json")[0];
try {
element.parentNode.removeChild(element);
} catch (e) {
//
}
var script = document.createElement('script');
script.type = 'text/javascript';
script.src = src;
script.className = "json";
script.async = false;
head.appendChild(script);
//call the postload function after a slight delay to allow the json to load
window.setTimeout(postloadfunction, 100)
}
... and is used like this...
load_json("test2.html.js")
...and this is the <head>...
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="test.html.js" class="json"></script>
</head>

What I did was editing the JSON file little bit.
myfile.json => myfile.js
In the JSON file, (make it a JS variable)
{name: "Whatever"} => var x = {name: "Whatever"}
At the end,
export default x;
Then,
import JsonObj from './myfile.js';

In TypeScript you can use import to load local JSON files. For example loading a font.json:
import * as fontJson from '../../public/fonts/font_name.json';
This requires a tsconfig flag --resolveJsonModule:
// tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"module": "commonjs",
"resolveJsonModule": true,
"esModuleInterop": true
}
}
For more information see the release notes of typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-9.html

In angular (or any other framework), you can load using http get
I use it something like this:
this.http.get(<path_to_your_json_file))
.success((data) => console.log(data));
Hope this helps.

An approach I like to use is to pad/wrap the json with an object literal, and then save the file with a .jsonp file extension. This method also leaves your original json file (test.json) unaltered, as you will be working with the new jsonp file (test.jsonp) instead. The name on the wrapper can be anything, but it does need to be the same name as the callback function you use to process the jsonp. I'll use your test.json posted as an example to show the jsonp wrapper addition for the 'test.jsonp' file.
json_callback({"a" : "b", "c" : "d"});
Next, create a reusable variable with global scope in your script to hold the returned JSON. This will make the returned JSON data available to all other functions in your script instead of just the callback function.
var myJSON;
Next comes a simple function to retrieve your json by script injection. Note that we can not use jQuery here to append the script to the document head, as IE does not support the jQuery .append method. The jQuery method commented out in the code below will work on other browsers that do support the .append method. It is included as a reference to show the difference.
function getLocalJSON(json_url){
var json_script = document.createElement('script');
json_script.type = 'text/javascript';
json_script.src = json_url;
json_script.id = 'json_script';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(json_script);
// $('head')[0].append(json_script); DOES NOT WORK in IE (.append method not supported)
}
Next is a short and simple callback function (with the same name as the jsonp wrapper) to get the json results data into the global variable.
function json_callback(response){
myJSON = response; // Clone response JSON to myJSON object
$('#json_script').remove(); // Remove json_script from the document
}
The json data can now be accessed by any functions of the script using dot notation. As an example:
console.log(myJSON.a); // Outputs 'b' to console
console.log(myJSON.c); // Outputs 'd' to console
This method may be a bit different from what you are used to seeing, but has many advantages. First, the same jsonp file can be loaded locally or from a server using the same functions. As a bonus, jsonp is already in a cross-domain friendly format and can also be easily used with REST type API's.
Granted, there are no error handling functions, but why would you need one? If you are unable to get the json data using this method, then you can pretty much bet you have some problems within the json itself, and I would check it on a good JSON validator.

You can put your json in a javascript file. This can be loaded locally (even in Chrome) using jQuery's getScript() function.
map-01.js file:
var json = '{"layers":6, "worldWidth":500, "worldHeight":400}'
main.js
$.getScript('map-01.js')
.done(function (script, textStatus) {
var map = JSON.parse(json); //json is declared in the js file
console.log("world width: " + map.worldWidth);
drawMap(map);
})
.fail(function (jqxhr, settings, exception) {
console.log("error loading map: " + exception);
});
output:
world width: 500
Notice that the json variable is declared and assigned in the js file.

$.ajax({
url: "Scripts/testingJSON.json",
//force to handle it as text
dataType: "text",
success: function (dataTest) {
//data downloaded so we call parseJSON function
//and pass downloaded data
var json = $.parseJSON(dataTest);
//now json variable contains data in json format
//let's display a few items
$.each(json, function (i, jsonObjectList) {
for (var index = 0; index < jsonObjectList.listValue_.length;index++) {
alert(jsonObjectList.listKey_[index][0] + " -- " + jsonObjectList.listValue_[index].description_);
}
});
}
});

If you are using a local array for JSON - as you showed in your example in the question (test.json) then you can is the parseJSON() method of JQuery ->
var obj = jQuery.parseJSON('{"name":"John"}');
alert( obj.name === "John" );
getJSON() is used for getting JSON from a remote site - it will not work locally (unless you are using a local HTTP Server)

How I was able to load the data from a json file in to a JavaScript variable using simple JavaScript:
let mydata;
fetch('datafile.json')
.then(response => response.json())
.then(jsonResponse => mydata = jsonResponse)
Posting here as I didn't find this kind of "solution" I was looking for.
Note: I am using a local server run via the usual "python -m http.server" command.

$.getJSON only worked for me in Chrome 105.0.5195.125 using await, which works a script type of module.
<script type="module">
const myObject = await $.getJSON('./myObject.json');
console.log('myObject: ' + myObject);
</script>
Without await, I see:
Uncaught TypeError: myObject is not iterable
when resolving myObject.
Without type="module" I see:
Uncaught SyntaxError: await is only valid in async functions and the top level bodies of modules

I haven't found any solution using Google's Closure library. So just to complete the list for future vistors, here's how you load a JSON from local file with Closure library:
goog.net.XhrIo.send('../appData.json', function(evt) {
var xhr = evt.target;
var obj = xhr.getResponseJson(); //JSON parsed as Javascript object
console.log(obj);
});

json_str = String.raw`[{"name": "Jeeva"}, {"name": "Kumar"}]`;
obj = JSON.parse(json_str);
console.log(obj[0]["name"]);
I did this for my cordova app, like I created a new javascript file for the JSON and pasted the JSON data into String.raw then parse it with JSON.parse

function readTextFile(srcfile) {
try { //this is for IE
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");;
if (fso.FileExists(srcfile)) {
var fileReader = fso.OpenTextFile(srcfile, 1);
var line = fileReader.ReadLine();
var jsonOutput = JSON.parse(line);
}
} catch (e) {
}
}
readTextFile("C:\\Users\\someuser\\json.txt");
What I did was, first of all, from network tab, record the network traffic for the service, and from response body, copy and save the json object in a local file. Then call the function with the local file name, you should be able to see the json object in jsonOutout above.

What worked for me is the following:
Input:
http://ip_address//some_folder_name//render_output.html?relative/path/to/json/fie.json
Javascript Code:
<html>
<head>
<style>
pre {}
.string { color: green; }
.number { color: darkorange; }
.boolean { color: blue; }
.null { color: magenta; }
.key { color: red; }
</style>
<script>
function output(inp) {
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('pre')).innerHTML = inp;
}
function gethtmlcontents(){
path = window.location.search.substr(1)
var rawFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
var my_file = rawFile.open("GET", path, true) // Synchronous File Read
//alert('Starting to read text')
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function ()
{
//alert("I am here");
if(rawFile.readyState === 4)
{
if(rawFile.status === 200 || rawFile.status == 0)
{
var allText = rawFile.responseText;
//alert(allText)
var json_format = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(allText), null, 8)
//output(json_format)
output(syntaxHighlight(json_format));
}
}
}
rawFile.send(null);
}
function syntaxHighlight(json) {
json = json.replace(/&/g, '&').replace(/</g, '<').replace(/>/g, '>');
return json.replace(/("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, function (match) {
var cls = 'number';
if (/^"/.test(match)) {
if (/:$/.test(match)) {
cls = 'key';
} else {
cls = 'string';
}
} else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
cls = 'boolean';
} else if (/null/.test(match)) {
cls = 'null';
}
return '<span class="' + cls + '">' + match + '</span>';
});
}
gethtmlcontents();
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

simplest way: save json file as *.js and include to html template as script.
js file like this:
let fileJsonData = {
someField: someValue,
...
}
include like this:
...
<script src="./js/jsonData.js"></script>
...
After include you can call to fileJsonData in global scope.

If you have Python installed on your local machine (or you don't mind install one), here is a browser-independent workaround for local JSON file access problem that I use:
Transform the JSON file into a JavaScript by creating a function that returns the data as JavaScript object. Then you can load it with <script> tag and call the function to get the data you want.
Here comes the Python code
import json
def json2js(jsonfilepath, functionname='getData'):
"""function converting json file to javascript file: json_data -> json_data.js
:param jsonfilepath: path to json file
:param functionname: name of javascript function which will return the data
:return None
"""
# load json data
with open(jsonfilepath,'r') as jsonfile:
data = json.load(jsonfile)
# write transformed javascript file
with open(jsonfilepath+'.js', 'w') as jsfile:
jsfile.write('function '+functionname+'(){return ')
jsfile.write(json.dumps(data))
jsfile.write(';}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
from sys import argv
l = len(argv)
if l == 2:
json2js(argv[1])
elif l == 3:
json2js(argv[1], argv[2])
else:
raise ValueError('Usage: python pathTo/json2js.py jsonfilepath [jsfunctionname]')

How to dynamically load data for jquery-localize

I am using jquery-localize plugin for translating my page. I wonder is it possible to load dynamically created JSON data (sent from server) instead of using pre-made files. It would be a lot easier to maintain since my web and desktop application share about 95% of text (so I am using same .resx file for both).
So, i loaded translations using ajax:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "Helper.aspx/LocalizePage",
data: '{"lang":"' + lang + '"}',
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function (msg) {
if (msg.d != "error") {
console.log(msg.d);
translationData = msg.d;
var translationTable = jQuery.parseJSON(msg.d);
}
},
error: function (response) {
var responseTextObject = jQuery.parseJSON(response.responseText);
console.log(responseTextObject);
}
});
and i have parsed (translationTable) and unparsed (translationData) text. Unparsed is same as jquery-localize requires. So, how to use this data as source for it?

You can have your ajax/jquery reference a server side page that's written in php/asp or whatever preferred server side language. And then have that page return text in JSON format based on the criteria you pass to the page.

So, here is the solution. Bryant gave me idea what to do (load translation file via separate page) but it requires some modifications. First, we need to modify jquery-localize.js file. In localize function, alter switch so it looks like this:
switch (level) {
case 1:
intermediateLangData = {};
if (options.loadBase) {
//file = pkg + ("." + fileExtension);
file = pkg;
return jsonCall(file, pkg, lang, level);
} else {
return loadLanguage(pkg, lang, 2);
}
break;
case 2:
if (lang.length >= 2) {
//file = "" + pkg + "-" + (lang.substring(0, 2)) + "." + fileExtension;
file = pkg;
return jsonCall(file, pkg, lang, level);
}
break;
case 3:
if (lang.length >= 5) {
//file = "" + pkg + "-" + (lang.substring(0, 5)) + "." + fileExtension;
file = pkg;
return jsonCall(file, pkg, lang, level);
}
Notice commented original lines. We won't do any alterations of "filename" in my case, so be careful if you are doing your implementation (you might need to check requested language).
Other part of job is change how localization is initialized. Instead of standard $("[data-localize]").localize("filename"); we are going to use following line:
$("[data-localize]").localize("Localization.aspx?lang=en-US");
This Localize.aspx is dummy page which has following PageLoad event:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string json = "";
var lang = Request.QueryString["lang"];
if (lang.Length > 0)
{
json = WebHelper.GetAllTranslations(lang);
}
else
{
json = WebHelper.GetAllTranslations("en-US");
}
Response.Clear();
Response.ContentType = "application/json; charset=utf-8";
Response.Write(json);
Response.End();
}
This WebHelper.GetAllTranslations(lang) returns JSON-formatted string with translations, just like you would have them in single file for regular use.
To sum up - instead of using file with translations, we modified jquery-localize.js so it loads translations directly from string, returned from page. This is simple and bit crude modification but it does it job.
Of course, you can use AJAX call or something else - important part is to modify jquery-localize that it doesn't search for files, but loads translation directly.
I hope this will help someone with similar problem.

UIWebView write to disk method

I am working on a UIWebView application and obtain some information from a server in the javascript code. I wish to write the JSON text to a file in the documents directory. The beginning part of my javascript file is:
WW.FS = {
init: function(animation, back, fn) {
var me = window.ww ? ww.fs : null;
if (me != null) {
PL.tellNative('pl:closeMore');
}
if (!me || !back) {
Ext.Ajax.request({
url: WW.getBS(),
method: 'POST',
params: {ajax: true, source: 'Touch', ID: 'INT'},
success: function(response) {
try {
data = JSON.parse(response.responseText); <--- want to write this to the documents directory!!
} catch(e) {
PL.indicatorOff();
return false;
}
I need to somehow get the variable "data" back to either the .m file from which I called the javascript file or write it to the documents directory so I can read it later. Would anyone know how to write the variable to the disk? I have been looking for a method to the data to the documents directory with no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

The only way I know to get data from javascript in a UIWebView back to your native code is through the UIWebViewDelegate method webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType. Basically this call lets you filter URL load calls made within your UIWebView. You override this method and return YES if the load should proceed. The trick is to embed some string in the URL that would make the URL invalid and that you know means you are trying to pass data. Here's an example:
- (BOOL)webView:(UIWebView*)webView shouldStartLoadWithRequest:(NSURLRequest*)request navigationType:(UIWebViewNavigationType)navigationType
{
NSString *requestString = [[[request URL] absoluteString] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSArray *requestArray = [requestString componentsSeparatedByString:#":##key_val##"];
if ([requestArray count] > 1)
{
//...do your custom stuff here, all the values sent from javascript are in 'requestArray'
return NO;//abort loading since this is an invalid URL anyway
}
else
{
return YES;
}
}
Within your javascript add something like this:
function sendToApp(_key, _val)
{
var iframe = document.createElement("IFRAME");
iframe.setAttribute("src", _key + ":##key_val##" + _val);
document.documentElement.appendChild(iframe);
iframe.parentNode.removeChild(iframe);
iframe = null;
}
And so to send data from javascript to the native code you do something like this:
sendToApp('state', event.data);

Calling Serverside method within Client Side Function (Javascript)

can anyone help me in calling my VB.NET method within my javascript function? my method is not shared/static and does not return anything. It just simply saves data to database and redirect the user. PLease help me, Here's my code:
VB method
Public Function SaveVehicles()
Dim res As Boolean
If res = True Then
Dim sModel As String = cboModel.SelectedValue
Dim sVariant As String = cboVariant.SelectedValue
Dim sColor As String = cboColor.SelectedValue
cboModel.SelectedValue = sModel
cboVariant.SelectedValue = sVariant
cboColor.SelectedValue = sColor
Dim oData As New WebServVehSwapping
Dim strSql As String
Dim sDealer As String
Dim sUserName As String
'sDealer = "TBP01"
sDealer = Trim(Request.QueryString("dealercode"))
If sDealer = "" Then sDealer = "TBP01"
sUserName = "User1"
'------------------------------------------
strSql = oData.InsertTblRequirement( _
sDealer _
, Now.ToString _
, sUserName _
, cboColor.Text.Trim _
, cboModel.Text.Trim _
, cboVariant.Text.Trim, "Open")
MsgBox("OKAY")
Response.Redirect("MyRequirements.aspx?DealerCode=" & sDealer)
Else
'do Nothing
End If
End Function
and here's my Javascript function
function ConfirmView()
{
var Ok = confirm('There is/are existing vehicle(s) in Network Vehiches for sale, View Vehicle(s)?');
if(Ok==true)
{
location.href = 'NetworkVehiclesforSale.aspx';
return false;
}
else if (Ok!=true)
{
//THE VB METHOD GOES HERE
}
}
I've tried the callback handler, and it just works with function that return something/string
and i've tried Pagemethod but it just works with static/shared function. please help me, I really need it Badly. PLEasee. Thanks

.Net web services cannot perform magic, i.e. you cannot issue a redirect response to an Ajax request on the server and expect the whole page to be redirected.
The only thing that will happen is that the Ajax call got redirected to another page and tries to get data from there. If you want to change the page in the client browser, you must do it on the client side through JavaScript, e.g. document.location = url_returned_by_your_function_through_ajax_call.

You might want to read "Introduction to Building Windows Communication Foundation Services" - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480190.aspx
And especially: "A Guide to Designing and Building RESTful Web Services with WCF 3.5" - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd203052.aspx
And check out some javascript libraries that make calling RESTful web services easy, like jQuery - http://www.jquery.com/
With jQuery you could make a call to your server-side VB.NET code like this:
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
contentType: 'text/json',
dataType: 'json',
url: "https://URL-TO-SERVICE-HERE/...",
timeout: 10000,
error: function () {
// Deal with the error
},
success: function (data) {
// Do something with the result
// Example:
if (data.dealerCode)
location.href = 'MyRequirements.aspx?DealerCode=' + data.dealerCode;
}
});