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Alex M
Alex M

Reputation: 101

Converting array got through Ajax (and Web Service method) into javascript array

I've been dabbling in PageMethods (in Webfroms) for a Web App I'm developing. I hit a wall when it came to master pages (ie. PageMethods coming back 'undefined'). So, I've changed my approach and am looking at calling a method inside a Web Service instead. (There seems to be a few advantages over PageMethods as well.)

I'm having a bit of difficulty when it comes to getting array information back from the C# code inside the Web Service into Javascript (so it can be used on the client side). The code in the web service (for concept testing) is:

[WebMethod]
    public int[] HelloWorld()
    {
        return new int[] { 1, 2, 3};
    }

The Javascript calling the C# method inside the Web Service is:

 function processSourceInputButtonClicked() {
                            $.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url: "Webservice.asmx/HelloWorld",
                                data: "{}",
                                dataType: "text",
                                success: function (data) {
                                   alert("Ok:" + data);
                                },
                                error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                                    alert("Err:" + textStatus + "," + errorThrown.toString());
                                }
                            });
                        };

If I look at 'data', the array comes back as a bunch of XML:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ArrayOfInt xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/">
  <int>1</int>
  <int>2</int>
  <int>3</int>
</ArrayOfInt>

Is there a way of converting this HTML into a Javascript array of integers?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 665

Answers (2)

hutchonoid
hutchonoid

Reputation: 33306

First you need to parse the xml and find the int nodes.

Then you can iterate over the collection and do as you wish.

Here is a simple example that adds the values to an unordered list:

var xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ArrayOfInt xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns="http://tempuri.org/"><int>1</int><int>2</int>  <int>3</int></ArrayOfInt>';
  xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
  $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
  $ints = $xml.find( "int" );

$.each($ints, function( index, value ) {
  $( "ul" ).append('<li>' + $(value).text()  + '</li>');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<ul></ul>

Upvotes: 1

ronen
ronen

Reputation: 1490

You should change the "dataType" to "json" like this:

$.ajax({
                                type: "POST",
                                url: "Webservice.asmx/HelloWorld",
                                data: "{}",
                                dataType: "json", // change "text" to "json"
                                success: function (data) {
                                   alert("Ok:" + data);
                                },
                                error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                                    alert("Err:" + textStatus + "," + errorThrown.toString());
                                }
                            });

Upvotes: 1

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