jQuery validation plugin, remote call

Question

Hello,

I am using jQuery's validation plugin to validate a username. Somehow my json request data is invalid and I dont know why. Here is the code:

remote: {
                    url: "blablabla",
                    type: "POST",
                    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    dataType: "json",
                    data: '{"username":"' + function () { return $("#username").val() } + '"}'
                }

When I check out the request, the json data looks like this:

{"username":"function () {
    return $("#username").val();
}"}

Do you have any advice?

Answer 1

Looks like your function is not evaluating. Can you perhaps run it before the call and put the actual return value in the data?

Answer 2

To write a self executing function wrap it in parenthesis first:

(function () { return $("#username").val() })()