jQuery. Assign JSON as a result to a variable

Question

I use this helper function to receive JSON results for my requests:

function getData(url) {
    $.get(url,
         function(data) {
             response =          


        

Answer 1

It's an asynchronous operation, meaning that function(data) { ... } runs later when the response from the server is available, long after you returned from getData(). Instead, kick off whatever you need from that function, for example:

function getData(url, callback) {
    $.get(url, callback, 'application/json');
}

Then when you're calling it, pass in a function or reference to a function that uses the response, like this:

getData("myPage.php", function(data) {
  alert("The data returned was: " + data);
});