jQuery Ajax call returning '[object XMLDocument]'

Question

I have an HTML page which I want to populate using Ajax. I\'ve copied code from other pages, (which are all in PHP, and I\'m not sure if that matters), and it\'s returning

Answer 1

You just need to tell the datatype(which direct the browser you are expecting response in the mentioned format only,e.g.: "text" format) . In this case I tested this in firefox and mozilla.and it works.. :)

Check the Response in firefox/Mozilla - you can also verify the coming response after ajax request... follow the below steps-- press F12 in firefox/mozilla --> go to "Console" tab --> go to "Response" sub tab. :)

function GetEmployeeListWS_REST() {        
            jQuery.ajax({
            url: "http://localhost:8080/RESTDemo/rest/hello/helloXML",
            async: false,
            type: 'GET',
            contentType: "text/xml; charset=utf-8",                
            dataType: "text",
             crossDomain: true,
            //data: packet,
            error: function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) { alert(xhr + ' ' + textStatus + '' + errorThrown); },
            success: function (response, status, xmlData) {

                $("#EmployeeDetailsWs").text(response);                    
            }
        });

    } // ends : fun()