CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptjqueryajaxasp.net-mvc
starrr
starrr

Reputation: 41

MVC controller returns JSON

I have this HTML and script : 

<form>
    Text :<br>
    <input type="text" name="nameid" id="nameid" value="">
    <br><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Send">
</form> 

$(document).ready(function () {

    $("form").submit(function (event) {
        $.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: "/MyController/MyAction2",
           data: { nameid: $('#nameid').val() },
            success: function (newdata) {
                var cy = cytoscape({
                    container: document.getElementById("cy"),
                    elements: JSON.parse(newdata)

                });
                });
            }
        });

    });

});

When MyAction2 is called from AJAX, the url goes to MyAction2 and I see raw JSON data. How can I make MyAction2 returns value to the AJAX and I would use it as newdata variable? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 69

Answers (1)

Rory McCrossan
Rory McCrossan

Reputation: 337700

The code you've used to get JSON data is correct, you just need to stop the form submission, which you can do by calling preventDefault() on the event.

Also note that you have a mis-matched }); in the question but I assume this is just a typo in the question itself. Also note that you don't need to manually JSON.parse the response if you set the correct dataType. Try this:

$(document).ready(function () {
  $("form").submit(function (event) {
    event.preventDefault(); // < add this...

    $.ajax({
      type: 'GET',
      url: "/MyController/MyAction2",
      data: { nameid: $('#nameid').val() },
      dataType: 'json', 
      success: function (newdata) {
        var cy = cytoscape({
          container: document.getElementById("cy"),
          elements: newdata
        });
      }
    });
  });
});

Upvotes: 1

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