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

Amy Kang
Amy Kang
17,188 Points
Posted by Amy Kang
Amy Kang
17,188 Points

Must Parse Response First

I found that the response must be parsed before passing it to the each method. var data = JSON.parse(response)

Then it works.

Corin Faife
Corin Faife
9,564 Points
Corin Faife
Corin Faife
9,564 Points

Yes, this is true if you're using the $.get method to load the data - but if you use $.getJSON instead (which is mentioned in this particular video), then parsing as JSON is done automatically within the method.