jQuery getJSON() Method

Example

Get JSON data using an AJAX request, and output the result:

$("button").click(function(){
$.getJSON("demo_ajax_json.js", function(result){
    $.each(result, function(i, field){
      $("div").append(field + " ");
    });
  });
});

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Definition and Usage

The getJSON() method is used to get JSON data using an AJAX HTTP GET request.

Syntax

$(selector).getJSON(url,data,success(data,status,xhr))

Parameter	Description
url	Required. Specifies the url to send the request to
data	Optional. Specifies data to be sent to the server
success(data,status,xhr)	Optional. Specifies the function to run if the request succeeds Additional parameters: data - contains the data returned from the server. status - contains a string containing request status ("success", "notmodified", "error", "timeout", or "parsererror"). xhr - contains the XMLHttpRequest object

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