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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX Add a callback

Posted by MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
5,257 Points

Use jQuery's html() method to insert the server response into the footer of the page

Use jQuery's html() method to insert the server response into the footer of the page

app.js 
$.get("footer.html",function (response){
var $footer = $('#footer');
$("#footer").html(response);
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main">
    <h1>AJAX with jQuery</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="footer"></div>
  <script src="jquery.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Salman Akram
PLUS
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points
Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi,

Just add the name of the functions into the html, your example is almost correct except variable definition which is not necessary.

$.get("footer.html", function (response) {
$('#footer').html(response);
});

More details here - http://api.jquery.com/html/

MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
5,257 Points
MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
5,257 Points

thank you