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Paragonbliss
Paragonbliss

Reputation: 43

jquery ajax request does not return expected content

I'm new to jQuery and Ajax. I'm following a tutorial, and having a problem with this.

I have an anchor tag with id getcomments and the following JavaScript:

<script>
$(function() {
   $('#getcomments').click(function() {
       $.ajax({
          url       : "req.html",
          success   : function(response) {
               console.log(response);
          }
       });
       return false;
   });
});

And an HTML file called req.html in the same folder with a mock comment.

When I inspect the log I only get the "document" in firebug, and no actual get request.

I've tried doing something actual in the success function also, appending the response.

Nothing happens, what am I doing wrong here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 387

Answers (1)

Dave Newton
Dave Newton

Reputation: 160321

If it's a local file it won't make a request.

That you see Document in Firebug means it's working. Set the contents of a div to the response, after adding a dataType: "html" to the Ajax call--it will be the contents of the HTML file.

  $(function() {
    $('#getcomments').click(function() {
        $.ajax({
           url       : "req.html",
           dataType  : "html",
           success   : function(response) {
             $("#foo").append(response);
                console.log(response);
           }
        });
        return false;
    });
  });

Upvotes: 1

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