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JavaScript AJAX Basics Programming AJAX Parsing JSON Data

Tetsuya Yokoyama
Tetsuya Yokoyama
11,286 Points
Posted by Tetsuya Yokoyama
Tetsuya Yokoyama
11,286 Points

The path from widget.js.....??? (Quick question)

Why is Dave using "data/employees.json" to access the file employees.json from widget.js?? Shouldn't it be "../data/employees/json" to access from widget.js? or do we have to use the path from index.html(which widget.js is linked in) Thanks in advance :)

1 Answer

Lachlan Stevens
Lachlan Stevens
10,779 Points
Lachlan Stevens
Lachlan Stevens
10,779 Points

The path for a GET request is relative to the file that is making the request

While the function being called is defined in js/widget.js, it is index.html making the request, and thus the path is relative to this.

Tetsuya Yokoyama
Tetsuya Yokoyama
11,286 Points
Tetsuya Yokoyama
Tetsuya Yokoyama
11,286 Points

Thank you very much that explains clearly!!

JASON LEE
JASON LEE
17,352 Points

I had the exact same question. Thanks!