Ajax request returns 200 OK, but an error event is fired instead of success

Question

I have implemented an Ajax request on my website, and I am calling the endpoint from a webpage. It always returns 200 OK, but jQuery execut

Answer 1

If you always return JSON from the server (no empty responses), dataType: 'json' should work and contentType is not needed. However make sure the JSON output...

• is valid (JSONLint)
• is serialized (JSONMinify)

jQuery AJAX will throw a 'parseerror' on valid but unserialized JSON!