loading external json object from external file

Question

I've seen this question asked several times, but the solutions aren't working. At this link, there's a nameless JSON object. I'm trying to get access to the data in the object. This is what I've tried so far:

chrome console attempts

$.getJSON is returning different errors. I read that adding "&callback=?" to the url would stop the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" error, which worked, but then I ran into the "Unexpected token :" error. The JSON data looks correct to me, though.

I also tried doing this:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
    <head>
        <script src="jquery-latest.min.js"
            type="text/javascript"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>

<script>
var jsondata = {}

$(document).ready(function() {
    url = //removed to prevent line wrap
    $.getJSON(url + "&callback=?",
       function(data) { jsondata = data; } );
});
</script>

It produced the same unexpected token error. Any ideas?

Thomas Kelley · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-18 19:37:14Z

3

You need to separate your URL path from your parameters with a ?, not a &. The server doesn't like your request because it can't find a resource named accel-partners.js&callback=. It does, however, know of a resource named accel-partners.js.

Try this:

$(document).ready(function() {
    url = //removed to prevent line wrap
    var callback = ???; // Make sure to define your callback here
    $.getJSON(url + "?callback=" + callback,
       function(data) { jsondata = data; } );
});

answered Apr 18, 2013 at 19:37

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Anthony Over a year ago

Dang it. Thanks. I didn't catch that typo for over 30 minutes.

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