How can I implement a jquery ajax form which requests information from a web api via a php request?
- by Jacob Schweitzer
I'm trying to implement a simple api request to the SEOmoz linkscape api. It works if I only use the php file but I want to do an ajax request using jquery to make it faster and more user friendly. Here is the javascript code I'm trying to use:
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#submit').click(function() {
var url=$('#url').val();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "api_sample.php",
data: url,
cache: false,
success: function(html){
$("#results").append(html);
}
});
});
});
And here is the part of the php file where it takes the value:
$objectURL = $_POST['url'];
I've been working on it all day and can't seem to find the answer... I know the php code works as it returns a valid json object and displays correctly when I do it that way. I just can't get the ajax to show anything at all!!
