Hi,
I tried to retrieve information of my user profile on stackoverflow via the api using ajax/jquery. But it does not work for me. The result of the request is always empty.
<html>
<head>
<script>
var req;
getReputation();
function getReputation(){
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', 'http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/401025/');
req.onreadystatechange = processUser;
req.send();
}
function processUser(){
var res = JSON.parse(req.responseText);
alert('test');
}
</script>
</head>
Is that because of the Same Domain Policy? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/929677/how-exactly-is-the-same-domain-policy-enforced
However, the StackOverflow API supports JSONP callbacks, so here is a solution:
function load_script(src) {
var scrip = document.createElement('script');
scrip.src = src;
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scrip);
return scrip;
}
function soResponse(obj) {
alert(obj.users[0].reputation);
}
load_script('http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/401025/?jsonp=soResponse');
