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Wikipedia API. File not found Error

I'm trying to make a wikipedia search bar. The idea is to send a new AJAX request every time search input is changed. I'm using https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Search_and_discovery as a guideline.
var search = $('#search');
search.keyup(function() {
if (search.val() === '') {
result.html('');
}
$.ajax({
url: '//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',
data: {
action: 'query',
list: 'search',
format: 'json',
srsearch: search.val()
},
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function(response) {
console.log("success!");
}
});
});
However, success function is not even triggered.
On any keypress the error I get is this ("d" pressed):
jquery-2.1.1.min.js:4 GET file://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?>callback=jQuery21107844703783826772_1484403407494&action=query&list=search&srse>arch=d&format=json&_=1484403407495 net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Thank you in advance for any help or guidance!

Well, you're probably trying to do a AJAX request without a local server (opening your file directly in the browser).
First of all, your url options starts with //en... (without the protocol). It indicates that it'll construct your full url using the same protocol you're using. In this case: file://. That's because your browser is trying to reach file://en.wikipedia.org/....
So, you can set your url to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php to make it work.
Just replace:
url: '//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',
with:
url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php',

Looks like you're running it from a simple html file located in your filesystem, in other words not running it from a web server (even local).
Try calling the api with
url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php'
or run the file from a web server (can be a local one).

Calling a Python script from Javascript, both local files

I'm trying to run a python script from a local javascript file (part of a locally running HTML/javascript program).
I've been googling this for hours and found a lot of solutions, none of which actually work for me.
Here is the javascript:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "test.py",
data: { param: " "}
}).done(function( o ) {
alert("OK");
});
The test.py file is in the same folder as the script/html file.
here is the script:
#!/usr/bin/python
import os
filepath = os.getcwd()
def MakeFile(file_name):
temp_path = filepath + file_name
with open(file_name, 'w') as f:
f.write('''\
def print_success():
print "sucesss"
''')
print 'Execution completed.'
MakeFile("bla.txt");
It works fine when run normally.
On my Firefox console I get a "not well formed" error and the script doesn't create a file. However, I can see that Firefox does fetch the script, as I can view it in my browser by clicking the file name.

In order for the python script to execute it has to be deployed by a web server that supports it via CGI or WSGI, etc.
Check out the docs here: webservers

There are three problems with your code.
First, when you call $.ajax(), it tries to parse the response as either JSON or HTML. To prevent it, use dataType: "text".
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "111212.py",
data: { param: " "},
dataType: "text"
}).done(function( o ) {
alert("OK");
});
Second, fetching a local file from javascript may violate the Same Origin Policy, depending on the browser. See: Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin
An most important, fetching does not execute a file, it just reads it and returns as a string.

So apparently, as has been pointed out, this can't be done, not like this. So I'm going to start a simple CGI python sever to server the HTML file, and execute the script. I've tested it and it works great!

Node.js / Express : download file via ajax

I am trying to dynamically request a file for download via a GET ajax call. I have the following client-side code:
$(function() {
$('#submit').click(function() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "/download/" + "filename",
dataType: "json",
contentType: "application/json",
complete: function() {
console.log('Complete');
},
success: function() {
console.log('Success');
},
error: function() {
console.log('Error');
}
});
});
});
On the node server I also have the following line (mind you, I have no idea if this is the correct way to do this)
app.get('/download/:filename', function(req, res) {
console.log(req.params);
res.write(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/../public/javascripts/main.js", 'utf8'));
});
So I want to actually download that javascript file (eventually dynamically). How would I go about doing this correctly? Something tells me I need to be specifying the headers / content type.

You should return with the content type and disposition set to:
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Disposition: attachment;filename=\"main.js\"
I believe you'll have to redirect to this file though. If I'm not mistaken, you can't force a file download via an AJAX call.

Is your intent to have the .js file interpreted and applied to the downloading page?
If so you would probably end up using write() to page, no matter how you GET it, and this would not be best-practice.
Instead check out require.js. This is a better way to asynchronously and dynamically load scripts, and apply them at runtime.
One difficulty that you would encounter in downloading dynamic .js files, with a manual solution, is dependencies. On .js file dependent on another would result in blind js undefined errors.
Plus, there is a runtime performance optimization gain in converting synchronous included files to asynchronous included files.
Require.js solves for these nicely.
Hope that helps.
All the best!
Clint

How to parse XML from another server using JavaScript or jQuery?

I am new to Javascript. I need to parse XML using javascript or jQuery which is another server. I tried by using the below code. But when I executed it, it was not going to success method.
I was able to parse the XML which is in the same folder. Is it possible in javascript to access content from another server. I read the Same Origin Policy.
I was able to get the success message, but cant get the xml data
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://10.47.5.69/myxml.xml',
dataType: "xml",
success: function(data){
alert('success');
$(data).find("Node").each(function() {
alert($(this).find("element").text());
});
},
error: err
});
function err(xhr, reason, ex)
{
alert('xhr.status: ' + xhr.status);
alert('ex "'+ex);
}

You cannot load something from another server due to cross-domain security checks.
However for javascript, there is a workaround: the JSONP technique: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP
It is used for JSON data but it can just as well be used for any string data. But it will only work if you have some degree of control (i.e. can install a script) on that server.
Another alternative is to proxy that URL on your own server. That might be easier.

Ajax get request to wsdl web-service

i have wsdl file and i need get data from. How i can do this ? i'm trying do this with ajax
like this:
jq.ajax({
url: 'http://url.wsdl',
type: 'get',
success: function(data){
alert("OK " + data);
},
error: function (x, y, z) {
alert("ERROR");
}
});
what i do wrong ?
Any other way to get data from wsdl web service using javascript, jquery and etc. is?

I think what you are missing is a data: {}
I read that there was some sort of bug if you did not include that when using $.ajax
Oh, and most likely you are going to need dataType: "json" or whatever datatype the service is using.
Here is an example i am using against an online webservice:
jQuery.support.cors = true; //enables cross domain queries for Ajax
$('#jqueryBtn').click
(function ()
{
$.ajax
(
{
type: "GET",
url: "http://www.webservicemart.com//uszip.asmx/ValidateZip",
data: { 'ZipCode': '22553' },
dataType: 'html',
success: jqSuccess,
error: jqError
}
);
}
Hopefully you can use this example to fix your own code

http://forum.jquery.com/topic/jquery-ajax-to-call-a-wsdl-web-service
The following link should explain why you cannot use AJAX for cross domain queries:
http://www.w3schools.com/xmL/xml_parser.asp:
Access Across Domains
For security reasons, modern browsers do not allow access across
domains.
This means, that both the web page and the file it tries to load,
must be located on the same server.
The examples on W3Schools all open XML files located on the W3Schools
domain.
If you want to use the example above on one of your web pages, the file you load must be located on your own server.
You can create a proxy web page in your web server to access to WSDL web service and return result to the AJAX request