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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX The Office Status Project Revisited

Alexandru Olteanu
Alexandru Olteanu
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Posted by Alexandru Olteanu
Alexandru Olteanu
17,522 Points

Getting online users JSON from servers

Hi,

I just finished the AJAX intranet office status project and I was wondering how to do it on my own site. The AJAX part seems pretty easy, but how can I get that JSON data from the server? Do I need another script for it? Do I need to query the database?

Help will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Jim McMillan
Jim McMillan
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Jim McMillan
Jim McMillan
4,417 Points

Hi Alexandru, I have been ploughing through the same course today and I found this article. I hope it helps...

1 Answer

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Do I need to query the database?

Yep, you'll need a server-side language (something like PHP) to query a database where the data is stored and then convert it into JSON format.