GET Ajax returns html code in response instead of json object

Question

I have an ajax get request as below. I am making a GET request to server.js in openshift using nodejs express. However, i get html contents in the response method instead of

Answer 1

You can use res.json to send JSON response instead of res.send

res.json(obj)

This method also set Content-Type as application/json

Answer 2

res.send(names) is not JSON, You have to stringify the data using JSON.stringify.

Try testing before the DB call to check if it works.

res.send( JSON.stringify( {testData:'test'} ) )

Edit

As discussed in the comments, please check to ensure that your request is routed to the correct route that you declared.

Does console.log("gat method"); output anything to the terminal window?

Answer 3

in your $.ajax method call change this

dataType: "text",

to

dataType: "json",

refer to the documentation for the further details

https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

and please check if the data you receive is a valid json, check it with http://jsonlint.com/