$.ajax and return value in JQUERY.

Question

Is there an example for the $.ajax() that returns values from a webservice or should I use $.ajaxSetup() ?

Answer 1

The jQuery ajax docs have a whole tab of examples.

Particularly, you can look at the success callback in the options tab to see the appropriate syntax for getting the data that's returned.

Answer 2

Gabriel Hurley has given the right answer, I just want to elaborate a bit. I like to use the ajax function, rather than get or post as I find it more readable and you can react to the different results of the ajax call.

 $.ajax({
   type: "GET",
   dataType: "html"
   url: "services/addUser",
   data: "{name:'Jo', email:'[email protected]'}",
   success: function(result){
     //It worked!
   },
   error: function(err) {
     //The ajax call didn't work
     alert("It didn't work: " + err);
   }
 });