“Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin” error for request made by application running from a file:// URL

Question

I\'m developing a page that pulls images from Flickr and Panoramio via jQuery\'s AJAX support.

The Flickr side is working fine, but when I try to $.get(url, ca

Answer 1

As long as the requested server supports the JSON data format, use the JSONP (JSON Padding) interface. It allows you to make external domain requests without proxy servers or fancy header stuff.