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Faluvegi Ferenc
Faluvegi Ferenc

Reputation: 373

Node.js response issue during AJAX call

Maybe this seems a really noob question, but I can't figure out what I do wrong. What I want to accomplish is a simple AJAX request. Here is my code on server side:

http.createServer(function(request, response) {
        response.writeHead(200, {
            "Content-Type": "text/html"     
        });
        response.end("No data to return.");

}).listen(8666);

On client side I use jQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {
        $("#magicSend").on("click", function() {
            $.ajax({                   
               url: "http://localhost:8666/",
               type: "POST"
             });
        });
    });

The problem is, that according to Firebug I'm getting the response headers but not the content. The AJAX call also gets red on Firebug's console, although it shows "200 OK". I know I miss something but can't figure out what.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 691

Answers (2)

jamjam
jamjam

Reputation: 3269

Is not working because of the same origin policy.

It maybe not obvious but browsers also enforce the policy down-to the port number.

So http://example.com:80 is different from http://example.com:81

You can get around it with jsonp.

Upvotes: 0

Peeter
Peeter

Reputation: 9382

Are you running your webserver on port 8666 also? Judging by your code, all your NodeJS server does is serve a single answer, so I'm guessing not. You cannot make AJAX calls to a different port, even if it's the same host (localhost in your case).

Upvotes: 2

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