You need to make the call using $.ajax() to it synchronously, like this: $.ajax({ url: myUrl, dataType: ‘json’, async: false, data: myData, success: function(data) { //stuff //… } }); This would match currently using $.getJSON() like this: $.getJSON(myUrl, myData, function(data) { //stuff //… });
The $.getJSON() method does an HTTP GET and not POST. You need to use $.post() $.post(url, dataToBeSent, function(data, textStatus) { //data contains the JSON object //textStatus contains the status: success, error, etc }, “json”); In that call, dataToBeSent could be anything you want, although if are sending the contents of a an html form, you … Read more
The in operator only works on objects. You are using it on a string. Make sure your value is an object before you using $.each. In this specific case, you have to parse the JSON: $.each(JSON.parse(myData), …);
$.getJSON() is a kind of abstraction of a regular AJAX call where you would have to tell that you want a JSON encoded response. $.ajax({ url: url, dataType: ‘json’, data: data, success: callback }); You can handle errors in two ways: generically (by configuring your AJAX calls before actually calling them) or specifically (with method … Read more