Get a CSV from a web service using javascript

Question

I'm trying to use javascript to get a csv from a web service hosted by yahoo. I'm pretty new to javascript and webservices so I really don't know whats wrong.

symbol = CSCO

$.ajax({
url: "http://finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=" + symbol+ "&f=price",
type: "GET",
beforeSend: function (xhr) {
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/csv");
},
success:OnSuccessCall,
error: OnErrorCall()
});



function OnSuccessCall(response) {
    alert('woo');
}
function OnErrorCall(response) {
    alert('boo');
}

You have an extra closing brace before OnSuccessCall(response) — vee
– vee, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 0:22
We don't know what's wrong too... you need to tell us what kind of error message you're getting. However, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with a cross domain issue. stackoverflow.com/questions/1201429/… — The_Black_Smurf
– The_Black_Smurf, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 1:19

user1255321 · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-25 00:05:30Z

1

JavaScript cannot be used for this purpose because of same origin policy.

Your own server needs to retrieve the data from finance.yahoo.com which then can be accessed by JavaScript.

answered Jun 25, 2013 at 0:05

user1255321

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