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Noel Deles
8,215 Points$.getJSON error handling with JSONP??
I've done some research and am aware of chaining the .fail() method. However, if working with JSONP this no longer works. Dave mentions in the video that you must "check the response in the normal success callback to see how the server responded". What exactly does this mean? How would I go about handling errors in the flickr challenge for example?
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rydavim
18,814 PointsIn the jQuery documentation for ajax requests, they note the following:
error A function to be called if the request fails. ... This handler is not called for cross-domain script and cross-domain JSONP requests.
The workaround seems to be setting a timeout to execute an error callback. If the request hasn't responded successfully, assume it's failed and write an error handler. It's certainly not a pretty solution, but it seems to be the accepted one.
Your other option is to use this jquery-jsonp plugin from jaubourg on github. His plugin features error recovery.
Happy coding! :)
Noel Deles
8,215 PointsNoel Deles
8,215 PointsYep, after further reading seems like that is the accepted solution if I don't want to use a plugin. For those looking for a code example, you can use this as a reference: click