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JavaScript

Posted by liam johnshon
liam johnshon
Courses Plus Student 904 Points

how to write this in $.ajax()

// making an jquery shorthand for ajax request first we need to take all the data for employees in or out

//using jquery.getJSON 
var path = "../data/employees.json "; 

$.getJSON(path,function(response){
  var ul = '<ul class="bulleted">';
  $.each(response,function(index,employee){
     if(employee.inoffice===false){
        ul+='<li class="out">'+employee.name+'</li>';
     }else{
        ul+='<li class="in">'+employee.name+'</li>';
     }
  });
  // closing ul tag
  ul+='</ul>';
  $("#employeeList").html(ul);
}).fail(function(jqXHR){
  alert(jqXHR.statusText);
});

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

According to the JQuery API Documentation, this:

$.getJSON( url [, data ] [, success ] )

is a shorthand Ajax function, which is equivalent to:

$.ajax({
  dataType: "json",
  url: url,
  data: data,
  success: success
});