jQuery .get appends an unknown variable to URL

Question

I'm using this code as the starting point to an overhaul of our JavaScript framework:

$("#get").click(function(){
    $("#result").html(ajax_load);
    $.get(
        "http://www.google.com",
        {},
        function(responseText){
            $("#result").html(responseText);
        },
        "html"
    );
});

But when the request is made it includes a variable within the URL that I am unfarmiliar with, here is what Firebug says it's requesting:

http://www.google.com/?_=1268993359215

How do I get rid of this, when we target our internal scripts it's firing a 404 error :-(

Cheers!

Marko Dumic · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-20 00:04:56Z

2

That parameter is used to force browser not to use cache.

You can not make $.get work without it explicitly, but you can use $.ajax instead:

$("#get").click(function(){
    $("#result").html(ajax_load);
    $.ajax({
        url: "http://www.google.com",
        data: {},
        success: function(responseText) {
            $("#result").html(responseText);
        },
        cache: true,
        dataType: "html"
    });
});

Note the extra parameter cache: true. More on $.ajax here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

edited Mar 20, 2010 at 0:04

answered Mar 19, 2010 at 10:25

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Ben Everard Over a year ago

Ah I see, that makes sense. Google was just an example, we can probably convert our internal scripts to prevent 404s :-), many thanks for your answer!

markcial · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-19 10:25:27Z

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Try this, before any $.get put this code

$.ajaxSetup({cache:true});

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ZoFreX · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-19 10:37:25Z

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Forcing the browser not to cache the target page is a good thing. Can you change your internal scripts to not 404 when extra GET variables are present? (It is a pretty strange way for them to behave)

answered Mar 19, 2010 at 10:37

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Ben Everard Over a year ago

Yes I can, this question was more about understanding the problem so I can make the correct decisions. Thanks :)

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