Store jQuery method result to variable

Question

Hi team,

I'm using a shoutcast plugin to retrieve listeners number from an internet radio an show it in a paragraph with id "p2".

$.SHOUTcast({
   host : 'doki.wavestreamer.com',
   port : 6607,
   stats : function(){
    $('#p2').text(this.get('currentlisteners'));
   }
}).startStats();

So the above function shows in p2 the current listeners for that specific radio. Now I would like to store that information in a java variable to be able to perform some math with it. How could I achieve this?

Thanks! Gianpietro

Answer 1 · 2014-05-13T17:28:16Z

May 13, 2014 5:28pm

This might work for you:

var listeners; 
$.SHOUTcast({
   host : 'doki.wavestreamer.com',
   port : 6607,
   stats : function(){
    listeners = this.get('currentlisteners');
    $('#p2').text(listeners);
   }
}).startStats();

Answer 2 · 2014-05-13T14:46:28Z

May 13, 2014 2:46pm

I'm not familiar with how Java interacts with browsers, but I believe Java is server side just like php is. You would need to send the variable to your server so you can handle it there. You would accomplish this by using in jQuery either $.ajax, $.get, or $.post

I actually just answered another one similar to this for php here: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/variable-from-jquery-to-php

That example should give you an idea of how you would do it. Hope it helps.

Answer 3 · 2014-05-16T00:00:07Z

May 16, 2014 12:00am

Gareth, Dave, thanks a million for taking time to answer. Finally I used the code suggested by Dave and accomplished the goal. Thanks again! Gianpietro

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Store jQuery method result to variable

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