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

Posted by Damjan Bozinovski
Damjan Bozinovski
9,916 Points

Not sure what to pass as argument in the .html

help

app.js 
$.get("footer.html", function (response){
  $('#footer').html();
});
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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You're displaying the server response, which you passed to your callback with the name "response".