How to get contents of URL into a string variable using JavaScript

Question

I'm trying to get the JSON from this URL into variable

This bit of code successfully puts it in a div element

$("#siteloader").html('<object data="MYURL">');

But I want the contents of that div inside a string variable rather than in the div.

I've also tried the following:

$.ajax({
    type : "GET",
    dataType : "jsonp",
    url : "MYURL", // ?callback=?
    success: function(data){
        // do stuff with data
    }
});

But this shows a syntax error "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token : " "getfixes:1" in the javascript console when I try it in chrome.

Is it possible for me to just get the contents of a URL as a string in the data variable?

it seems the json returned from url is illegal. open the url in browser and try to assign the result to a var in the console. like the following: var obj = //paste the result from url you'll get an error. — Gal Ziv
– Gal Ziv, Commented Jun 5, 2014 at 15:51
It seems like it! Can I retrieve it as a string? Surely if I retrieve the JSON as a string it shouldn't have parsing errors right? I don't know how to retrieve it as a string though :/ — user3711612
– user3711612, Commented Jun 5, 2014 at 15:57

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:20:56Z

0

there is a external library according to this post: String URL to json object

http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/parsing-urls-with-the-dom/

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:20

CommunityBot

11 silver badge

answered Jun 5, 2014 at 15:53

Ray_Poly

1711 silver badge7 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to get contents of URL into a string variable using JavaScript

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related