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Jquery ajax jsonp: Invalid left-hand side assignment

I've got a room monitor device I'm collecting data from, I can get it work with javascript but not jquery.
With plain javascript, define a function:
function myfunction(data){
console.log(data);
}
Then in the page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://172.16.198.19/getData.jsonp=callback=myfunction"></script>
I get an object in console containing all the data. Great!
I now try to get the same result using jQuery's $.ajax but am having problems:
$.ajax({
url: 'http://172.16.198.19/getData.jsonp',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonCallback: 'parseData',
success: function(data){
console.log(data);
},
error: function(){
console.log("nope");
}
});
This gives me the following error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: Invalid left-hand side in assignment
Any suggestions on what to try / how to fix are appreciated. Thanks.
Edit: Solved and answered. jQuery formats the query with _= in it which the server was rejecting. Working function is thus:
$.ajax('http://172.16.198.19/getData.jsonp', {
type: 'get',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: false,
jsonpCallback: 'parseData'
}).done(function(data) {
console.log(data.sensor[0].tc);
}).fail(function() {
console.log("nope");
});
}

This has been solved thanks to the very helpful Cork in #jquery on freenode.
The problem was jquery formatting the query with _= in it which the server was rejecting.
The working result is thus:
$.ajax('http://172.16.198.19/getData.jsonp', {
type: 'get',
dataType: 'jsonp',
jsonp: false,
jsonpCallback: 'parseData'
}).done(function(data) {
console.log(data);
}).fail(function() {
console.log("nope");
});
}

Ajax request not working when a function is added to the success option

I am having trouble getting an ajax GET request (or any request for that matter) to retrieve the response. I am simply trying to return the response in an alert event:
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#test').click(function() {
$.ajax ({
type: 'Get',
url: 'https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/json/Potentials/searchRecords?authtoken=XXX&scope=crmapi&criteria=(((Potential Email:test#email.com))&selectColumns=Potentials(Potential Name)&fromIndex=1&toIndex=1',
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
}
});
});
});
</script>
I can get this and other similar post requests to work by taking away the function in the success option and editing the code like this:
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#test').click(function() {
$.ajax ({
type: 'Get',
url: 'https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/json/Potentials/searchRecords?authtoken=XXXX&scope=crmapi&criteria=(((Potential Email:test#email.com))&selectColumns=Potentials(Potential Name)&fromIndex=1&toIndex=1',
dataType: 'json',
success: alert('success')
});
});
});
</script>
Why is this? And more importantly, how can I retrieve the response data and transfer it to an alert message? Any help is appreciated!
** Update:
Upon reading the first two users' responses on this question, this is what I have:
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#test').click(function() {
$.ajax ({
type: 'GET',
url: 'https://crm.zoho.com/crm/private/json/Potentials/searchRecords?authtoken=418431ea64141079860d96c85ee41916&scope=crmapi&criteria=(((Potential%20Email:test#email.com))&selectColumns=Potentials(Potential%20Name)&fromIndex=1&toIndex=1',
dataType: 'json',
success: function(data) {
alert(JSON.stringify(data));
},
error: function(data) {
alert(JSON.stringify(data));
}
});
});
});
</script>
I am able to get the error response, so I can confirm there is some kind of error. I also want to point out that I am making the request from a different domain (not crm.zoho.com) so should I be using jsonp? If so, how would I alter the code?

When you have
success: alert('success')
you do NOT have a successful request, you are actually executing this function at the start of AJAX method. The success parameter requires a pointer to a function, and when you use alert('success') you are executing a function instead of providing a pointer to it.
First thing that you need to try is to update type to GET instead of Get:
$.ajax ({
type: 'GET',

Try using the .done() function as follows:
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#test').click(function() {
$.ajax ({
type: 'Get',
url: 'yourUrl',
dataType: 'json',
}
}).done(function(result) {alert(data);}) //try adding:
.error(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
console.log(textStatus, errorThrown);})
});
});
the error function will also give you some information in your console as to the status of your request.

Cannot do a post with jquery with json in body

With Chrome REST service I do this: a post to a certain url, I send a json string in the body, I set the content type as application/json and when I execute the post I get the proper answer.
I am trying to do the same post with jquery.
I first try with:
var beacon = {"beaconid.minor":2,"beaconid.UUID":"beaconnr","beaconid.major":1};
$.ajax({
type: "post",
data: JSON.stringify(beacon),
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: "jsonp",
crossDomain: true,
url: "myurl"}).done(function() {
alert("success");
}).fail(function()
{
alert("error");
});
by I seem to get no answer, I don't get the success alert nor the error alert.
I have then tried with:
var jqxhr = $.post( "myurl", {"beaconid.minor":2,"beaconid.UUID":"beaconnr","beaconid.major":1}).done(function(data, textStatus, jqXHR)
{
}).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown)
{
alert(textStatus);
});
At least now I get an alert with the textStatus as an error. It is something...but not enough. I could I do a successful post?

The issue is you're setting dataType: "jsonp" for a POST request. JSONP doesn't support POST requests, only GET requests.
I suggest changing to dataType: "json" to see if the service supports CORS. If it doesn't then you'll have to do something like proxy the request through the local server, to get around CORS.

You should not be sending "post" as "type", rather as "method"
And like pointed above, the data type should be json and not jsonp.
$.ajax({
method: "post",
data: JSON.stringify(beacon),
contentType: "application/json",
dataType: "json",
url: "myurl"}).done(function(response) {
alert("success");
//if in chrome
//console.log(response);
}).fail(function(error)
{
//if using Chrome
//console.log(error);
alert(error);
});

AJAX is not sending request

I have the following code:
$("form").submit(function()
{
//Checking data here:
$("input").each(function(i, obj)
{
});
alert(JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray()));
var url='http://127.0.0.1:1337/receive';
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: 'POST',
contentType:'application/json',
data: JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray()),
dataType:'json'
});
});
And after I submit the form, I get a JavaScript alert with the json string, so that is made correct (on my server I only log it so it does not matter what it is in it). If I try to send a request to the same link from postman it works, it logs it.
I think I'm doing something wrong in the ajax call, but I am not able to figure out.

Try below piece of code. Add success and error handler for more details
$("form").submit(function()
{
//Checking data here:
$("input").each(function(i, obj)
{
});
alert(JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray()));
var url='http://127.0.0.1:1337/receive';
$.ajax({
url: url,
type: 'POST',
contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
data: JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray()),
dataType:'json',
success : function(response) {
alert("success");
},
error: function (xhr, status, error) {
alert(error);
}
});
});

data:{ list : JSON.stringify($(this).serializeArray())}

From the Jquery docs:
Due to browser security restrictions, most "Ajax" requests are subject to the same origin policy; the request can not successfully retrieve data from a different domain, subdomain, or protocol.
crossDomain attribute simply force the request to be cross-domain. dataType is jsonp and there is a parameter added to the url.
$.ajax({
url:'http://127.0.0.1:1337/receive',
data:{ apikey: 'secret-key-or-any-other-parameter-in-json-format' },
dataType:'jsonp',
crossDomain: 'true',
success:function (data) {alert(data.first_name);}
});

How to use the response of Ajax Post

I make an ajax POST request to post JSON data to server, and I get a simple text response. I can see that everything works fine because it is shown in the browser's debugger. However, I cannot use it.
callajax1(Callback);
function callajax1(callbackfn) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: myUrl,
data: JSON.stringify({ Data: data }),
contentType: "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function (data2) {
callbackfn(data2);
},
failure: function (errMsg) {
}
});
return false;
}
function Callback(data) {
alert(data);
}
No alert is showing.

You say that you are getting a "simple text response" back, but your JavaScript (dataType: "json") says to ignore the content type of the response and parse it as JSON.
Perhaps (since you are sending JSON and claiming it is plain text) you are confusing dataType (override the content type the server returns) and contentType (describe the data you are sending).
If the response is "simple text" and not JSON then you can't parse it as JSON. Either return JSON or use dataType: 'text'.

if result of ajax is text, datatype should be text
if result of ajax is html, datatype should be html
if result of ajax is json, datatype should be json
if result of ajax is xml, datatype should be xml
dataType tell jQuery to parse result in given dataType, default is 'text', though jQuery is intelligent enough to detect which conversion is required.

you can see the answer here:
http://jsfiddle.net/justtal/x9re9/
function callajax1(callbackfn) {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos',
/*data: JSON.stringify({ Data: data }),*/
/*contentType: "text/plain; charset=utf-8",*/
/*dataType: "json",*/
success: function (data2) {
callbackfn(data2);
},
failure: function (errMsg) {
callbackfn(errMsg);
}
});
return false;
}
var Callback = function (data) {
alert(data);
}
callajax1(Callback);