How do I get at the raw JSON response from a jQuery $.getJSON() request?
I just want to print the raw response in an alert() dialogue in my browser?
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A:
If you're using JSONP, this is fundamentally impossible.
If you're sending a normal request to your domain, replace getJSON with get.
SLaks
2010-10-19 00:35:28
I'm not using JSONP. Tried your suggestion and I just get `[object Object]` displayed.
Kev
2010-10-19 16:23:37
@Kev: Try adding `dataType: 'text'`.
SLaks
2010-10-19 16:31:58
After an amount of "farting about", that does work. It does mean an extra step to then parse the string to an object, but then `$.dump()` or `JSON.stringify()` is an extra step the other way.
Kev
2010-10-19 16:57:02
A:
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON/
I prefer to use the full .ajax methods so I don't have to remember the various signatures of the abstractions.
The docs tell you this is equivalent to getJSON:
$.ajax({
url: url,
dataType: 'json',
data: data,
success: callback
});
where you could have:
function callback(data) {
alert(data);
}
I strongly recommend that you use Firefox and Firebug with console.log(); for this kind of thing. Alerts drive you nuts after a while.
Edit
Based on the other responses, I may be misunderstanding your question! You could always use Fiddler to see the raw response.
ScottE
2010-10-19 00:38:36
It's the raw json string that came across the wire I want to print. It was just so I could do a quick hacky debug thing to check an array value. But thanks all the same.
Kev
2010-10-19 00:58:52
Firebug is the way to go then. Just change to function callback(data) { console.log(data);} to see the whole object returned.
ScottE
2010-10-19 01:06:27
`console.log()` still dumps the data as if it's an object, not really what I'm after. I don't get to see the raw JSON (curly braces, square brackets, field names, warts and all). Fiddler does work but I wanted to embed this in a 'secret' textbox ultimately.
Kev
2010-10-19 16:26:50
A:
I ended up using the JSON.stringify() feature in http://www.json.org/json2.js.
Not ideal because it's another javascript file being loaded, but it serves my purpose.
Kev
2010-10-19 16:38:32