jQuery getJSON problem when request is not returned as JSON

Question

I have the following code

jQuery.getJSON(encodeURI(strUrl), {address:address,state:state, zip:zip},function(data){
    alert('HELLO World!');
});

If for some reason the strUrl returns a string that's not in JSON format the callback function never gets called. Is there a way to know if the response is in json format or if something went wrong in the post?

Answer 1

jQuery.getJSON doesn't allow you to define an error callback function.

You'll need to use jQuery.ajax instead, setting the dataType to json and set the remaining configuration variables as getJSON defines by default.