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

srikanth chavvakula
srikanth chavvakula
6,178 Points
Posted by srikanth chavvakula
srikanth chavvakula
6,178 Points

Receiving an error - 'It looks like Task1 is no longer passing'. What is wrong with the code below ?

I am not sure what is going wrong with my code below. I keep getting that the task1 is failing. Please help!

app.js 
function callFunc(response){
  $('#footer').html(response);
}

$.get("footer.html",callFunc);
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>

2 Answers

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

Make sure to use an anonymous function and place it as the second argument to the .get method.

$.get("footer.html",function(res){
  $("#footer");
});