Use Javascript to receive variable from remote php file? - javascript

I need to retrieve a variable from a remote php file using javascript. I'm doing this using phonegap so same origin policy doesn't apply. I guess I need to use json / ajax but I can't find any tutorials that show me how to do this.
Is it as simple as having this in a php file:
<?php
$var = 'stuff';
echo json_encode( $var );
?>
And something like this in my application:
$.getJSON('mysite.com/test.php', function( data ) {
$.each( data, function( i, entry ) {
alert( entry );
});
Or is this totally the wrong approach? Any help would be great, thanks.

so for starters here are the docs on JQuery's ajax & the docs for JQuery's getJSON; and finally a slightly dated but decent tutorial explaining the basics on how to get started with raw .JSON files.
typically when I am dealing with JSON i am interacting with a web API; and most of the time they are RESTful api's at that... creating one is slightly more complex than what you have there but your thought process is on track.
here is a working access point to the google finance stock quotes api running a query on microsoft:
http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=MSFT
and an example of a json call (using jsonp for accessing an external url):
$.ajax({
url: 'http://finance.google.com/finance/info?client=ig&q=MSFT',
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(data){
console.log( data );
}
});
to make things easier i would try and break the work into two steps... first get a handle on accepting data from a api you know is functioning (ie google finance above)... and then move on to the next step of trying to write your own WebAPI in php (eg say you wanted to build your "variable" into a database or something a bit more useful than a flat php file). this way you can debug a bit easier with less hair loss

I'm using jquery and
I used to do like this in my PHP (if using json):
<?php
$var = 'stuff';
echo '{"var":"'.$var.'"}';
?>
it would return to a json.
and the ajax :
$.ajax({
url : "mysite.com/test.php",
dataType : "json",
data :"",
type : "POST",
success :
function (data){
alert(data.var);
}
});
(data and type in the ajax are not needed if you just want to get json from "mysite.com/test.php");

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How to display a json data from a existing url using ajax call

I Am new in working with json and jquery. I am trying to study the basics of json and jquery by working on some example. So I use existing json data in http://api.androidhive.info/contacts for my example. I want to display this data in my HTML page. My code is:
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery Ajax Example with JSON Response</title>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$(':submit').on('click', function() { // This event fires when a button is clicked
alert("submitt worked.");
$.ajax({ // ajax call starts
url: 'http://api.androidhive.info/contacts/', // JQuery loads serverside.php
type: "GET",
dataType: 'json', // Choosing a JSON datatype
success: function (msg) {
alert("ajax worked.");
JsonpCallback(msg);
},
})
function JsonpCallback(json)
{
for (var i in json.contacts) {
$('#wines').append('contacts: ' + json.contacts[i] + '<br/>');
}
}
return false; // keeps the page from not refreshing
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="post" action="">
<button value="all" type="submit">Get!</button>
</form>
<div id="wines">
<!-- Javascript will print data in here when we have finished the page -->
</div>
</body>
</html>
can any one please give me some brief introduction to JSON and how it's working ?
Thanks in advance.
You are iterating the JSON wrong, in your case since you are using jQuery (as mentioned) you can use the $.each(json, callback); helper fron jQuery, you can see the documentation here Jquery $.each documentation
For an example implementation I've created this JSFIDDLE LINK
for you. Have a great day ahead. Don't forget that JSON means
Javascript Object Notation
It's an object.
$.each(jsonData.contacts, function(k, v)
{
console.log(v.name);
$('#name').append('<li>'+v.name+'</li>');
});
jQuery
Am try to study the basics of json and jquery
Is a Javascript library with lots of very usefull methods. If you want to create a dynamic website it is very recommended to look into jQuery. There are many site with great explanation on what jQuery can do. As far as your example is concerned: There is an issue when passing variables/data from one framework to another or even when simply storing data. Here comes JSON.
JSON
Or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is used to solve exactly that problem. What is basically does is take all the desired data (array, variable, object, string etc.) and writes it in a human readable and for other frameworks readable fashion. I use JSON to store data in files when no database is available or when passing data from one framework to another (like JS <-> PHP).
Your example code
What happens here:
$(':submit').on('click', function() { // This event fires when a button is clicked
alert("submitt worked."); // not yet
$.ajax({ // ajax call starts
url: 'http://api.androidhive.info/contacts/', // JQuery loads serverside.php --> this I don't know
type: "GET", // communication type
dataType: 'json', // Choosing a JSON datatype
success: function (msg) { // here, the whole content of the url is read, idealy it is in JSON format ofc
alert("ajax worked."); // hoorray
JsonpCallback(msg);
},
})
There is the serverside.php file that receives a GET command and returns HTML. All the HTML content is in JSON type (so no <stuff>, i.e. no actual HTML) and your success function returns that content in the msg variable. Typically you use something like
var obj = JSON.parse(text);
to convert the JSON data to Javascript variables. Read this here JSON in Javascript
JSONP
Now what if you want to do some domain crossing (as you suggested), then I strongly recommend to read this here What is JSONP all about? . It explains what JSONP is all about

Symfony get PHP variable in Ajax response

Currently I've been Ajaxing a route that renders a Twig template via a Controller and injecting it into the page - all is well.
return $this->render('MyBundle:Requests:results.html.twig', array('system' => $lc_system));
However, in my JavaScript, I would like to get some extra information returned... Specifically I want a count of the results, so I can check it against a JS variable. I could put it into the twig file and then get it in JS that way, but it feels horrible.
Is there any way to get any variables sent down with the Ajax response, or a best practice way to approach this.
Use echo in your PHP function instead of return.
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "somescript.php",
datatype: "html",
data: dataString,
success: function() {
doSomething(data); //Data is output
}
});
In PHP:
<?php
$output = some_function();
echo $output;
?>
It's an argument passed to your success function.
The full signature is success(data, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest), but you can use just he first argument if it's a simple string coming back. As always, see the docs for a full explanation.
If you weren't returning actual page content in your response, I'd say to return a JSON response and call it good. But since you're already using your response body for some HTML, you have to come up with another way to return the info.
One approach I've used in the past is to add a custom HTTP header and return my "meta" values that way. First, set the header in your PHP (make sure this happens before any output):
header('X-MyCustomHeader: ' . $phpVar);
Then, you can get it in your jQuery success method like this:
success: function(result, status, xhr) {
var customHeader = xhr.getResponseHeader('X-MyCustomHeader'));
}
While you can technically name your custom header anything you want, see this post for best practice/naming convention ideas:
Custom HTTP headers : naming conventions

Reading a CSV file with jQuery

I have a downloaded CSV file which I would like to parse and use to create JSON objects for each record. The file is on my local machine but I have read that JavaScript has security measures in place that prevent access to these files.
Some examples show using csv.js with the following:
$.ajax({
url: "G:\downloaded_files\filename.csv",
aync: false,
success: function (csvd) {
csv_as_array = $.csv.toArrays(csvd);
},
dataType: "text",
complete: function () {
// use the array of arrays (variable csv_as_array)
// for further processing
}
});
When running this it just creates a GET request in the console. I am treading on unfamiliar territory here so any explanations would be great.
If I was to do this using Ruby I would do this, which hopefully will give you an indication of what I am trying to achieve:
require 'csv'
class FileRead
csv_text = File.read('/home/richardlewis/Downloads/csvtest.csv')
csv = CSV.parse(csv_text, headers: true)
csv.each do |row|
hash = row.to_hash
puts(hash)
end
end
I'm hoping this makes sense and someone can point me in the right direction.
You cannot call local files (from hard dics) using Ajax, or by any means from a web browser. You will have to publish your file using some sort of server. If you are using Linux you should have an Apache server already installed.
You need a REST service that will return your file in some format. JSON is the best, because it's easy to manipulate JSON data on the front-end.
It would look like this:
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/services/rest/get_file", // your rest address
...
});

google spreadsheets - ajax call (get and post)

what I need to do is read the content of a "public" google spreadsheet (by public I mean that I saved the sheet clicking on "File > Publish to the web", so it's accessible without the need to be logged in into a google account), and, why not, write something into it too.
googlin' around, I found that I can access the sheet and get the xml equivalent of the sheet content with something like
https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/<sheetCode>/od6/public/values
It works great if I load that url into a browser. But I need to find a "javascript-way" to get and handle the returned value, ie the xml (or json, but xml would be preferable).
I tried to use an ajax call, but I think there's something messy with the protocol.. I can't get the server response correctly.
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/<sheetCode>/od6/public/values",
success: function(data){alert("yeah");},
error: function(){alert("fail..");},
dataType:"xml",
});
I also tried to get the json instead of xml, adding "?alt=json" to the url and changing the datatype, but I still have the problem..
Any idea / suggestion?
Thanks in advance, best regards
You need to request with a JSONP call and you need to specifiy a callback - method. This can be done in jQuery using:
var url = 'https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/<CODE>/od6/public/values?alt=json-in-script&callback=?';
jQuery.getJSON(url).success(function(data) {
console.log(data);
}).error(function(message) {
console.error('error' + message);
}).complete(function() {
console.log('completed!');
});
Documentation and samples for google spreedsheets .

jQuery Ajax POST not working with MailChimp

I have the following code I am using to send data to a MailChimp Newsletter List (API v3). Everytime I remove the type: POST from the function it attempts to post the data via GET and it sends the data properly (ok response in MailChimp API dashboard). When testing this in the browser (FF) I get a .part file with "true" response.
$(function(){
$("a#test").click(function(e){
e.preventDefault()
data = {
"apikey" : "667378947",
"id" : "90298590285",
"email_address" : "test#getmoxied.net",
"output" : "json"
}
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'http://us2.api.mailchimp.com/1.3/?method=listSubscribe',
data: data,
success: function(data){
alert(data);
},
error: function(){
alert("err");
}
})
});
});
Im pulling my hair out on this one, any insight is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
JN
There is an undocumented endpoint that uses JSONP to do cross-domain ajax requests.
Just change 'post?' to 'post-json?' and add '&c=?' to the end of the standard url to get the JSONP endpoint. This doesn't requires the API key to be exposed on the client-side, or the creation of a server-side view.
I wrote a jQuery plugin that uses this method, if that's useful at all
https://github.com/scdoshi/jquery-ajaxchimp
The main issue is what jc commented on your original post - this simply won't work due to Same Origin Policy issues. Firebug is not as vocal about why the GET call fails, but that's why it returns no data. If you watch that with the POST, you'll see Firefox doesn't even make the call. Chrome's js console on the other hand straight explains the Same Origin policy to you.
All in all, this is a very good thing if for no other reason than it prevents you from publicly publishing your account's API Key, which is a very bad thing to do. If the reason why doesn't immediately sink in, go read through the large number of methods available in the API and then realize that all you need to access them is that API Key.
The correct way to do this is to POST data back to your server, then make the request from there. There are several fully built PHP examples (one using jquery, even), here.
e.preventDefault();
data = {
"apikey" : "667378947",
"id" : "90298590285",
"email_address" : "test#getmoxied.net",
"output" : "json"
};
Could be? Semicolon is important. Hehe

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