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JavaScript

Posted by Blaž Pezdir
Blaž Pezdir
11,049 Points

URL attribute in $.ajax()

In the video the author writes the AJAX call like this:

$.ajax(url, settings);

"settings" attribute is an JS object.

As I go thru the documentation on JQuery and W3, I see that on there, the URL goes inside the "settings" object. May I ask what is the purpose of the author doing it differently, writting it outside the settings object?

Blaž Pezdir
Blaž Pezdir
11,049 Points

Never mind. I now see both are correct.

jQuery.ajax( url [, settings ] ) --> Came with version 1.5

Before that the only way was like this --> jQuery.ajax( [settings ] )