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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX Review jQuery AJAX Shorthand Methods

Keith Short
Keith Short
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Posted by Keith Short
Keith Short
5,971 Points

$.get() Arguments

One of the questions in this quiz is:

jQuery's $.get() method accepts three arguments. What order do they go in?

and the quiz says the correct answer is:

  1. URL
  2. Data for the server
  3. Callback function

But in the next code challenge there is a part that says:

You've got the $.get() method and first argument in place. The second argument to the $.get() method is a callback function.

And only 2 arguments are passed through the $.get() method. The code challenge finishes once you finish the callback function. So does this mean that $.get() only needs 2 arguments and the third is optional?

I'm a little confused about what the data argument is.

Adam Delossantos
Adam Delossantos
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Adam Delossantos
Adam Delossantos
5,985 Points

My jQuery is a little hazy, but from what I remember, the data argument IS optional. Technically, so is the callback function, although I've almost always included one. In case you haven't already checked, the documentation (https://api.jquery.com/jquery.get/) is more thorough. There are some examples that show how one might include the data argument and omit the callback function. Hope this helps somewhat. Cheers!