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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX Add a callback

Posted by Andrew Alvarez
Andrew Alvarez
11,964 Points

Challange

Challenge Task 1 of 3

You've got the $.get() method and first argument in place. The second argument to the $.get() method is a callback function. Pass an anonymous function as the second argument to the method. Don't forget to set a parameter for that function to catch the server's incoming response.

Bummer! There was an error with your code: SyntaxError: Parse error

app.js 
$.get("footer.html");
function () {
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main">
    <h1>AJAX with jQuery</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="footer"></div>
  <script src="jquery.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

You want the callback function to be an argument of the $.get() method. Arguments are separated by commas, and have to be inside the parentheses of the method. The first argument is already there. You also want to catch the server's response so you need to add an argument to the callback function too. It should look like this:

$.get("footer.html", function(data) {

});