jQuery.getJSON() Method

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Description

The jQuery.getJSON( url, [data], [callback] ) method loads JSON data from the server using a GET HTTP request.

The method returns XMLHttpRequest object.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

 $.getJSON( url, [data], [callback] )

Parameters

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.

Example

Assuming we have following JSON content in result.json file −

 { "name": "Zara Ali", "age" : "67", "sex": "female" }

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

 <html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(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> </html>

This should produce following result −

jquery-ajax.htm
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