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Retrieve Data from JSON File using jQuery and Ajax
To retrieve data from JSON file using jQuery and Ajax, use the jQuery.getJSON( url, [data], [callback] )
The jQuery.getJSON( url, [data], [callback] ) method loads JSON data from the server using a GET HTTP request.
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
- url − A string containing the URL to which the request is sent
- data − This optional parameter represents key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
- callback − This optional parameter represents a function to be executed whenever the data is loaded successfully.
Let’s say we have the following JSON content in result.json file −
{ "name": "John", "age" : "30", "sex": "male" }
The following is the code snippet showing the usage of this method −
Example
<head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { $("#driver").click(function(event){ $.getJSON('result.json', function(jd) { $('#stage').html('<p> Name: ' + jd.name + '</p>'); $('#stage').append('<p>Age : ' + jd.age+ '</p>'); $('#stage').append('<p> Sex: ' + jd.sex+ '</p>'); }); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Click on the button to load result.html file:</p> <div id = "stage" style = "background-color:#cc0;"> STAGE </div> <input type = "button" id = "driver" value = "Load Data" /> </body>
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