Beginning JavaScript® and CSS Development with jQuery

Appendix G. AJAX Methods

Method	Description	Return Value
AJAX Requests
jQuery.ajax(options) $.ajax(options)	Allows you to pass an object literal specifying various options in key, value pairs. For the complete list of options, see the "Options" section. This method is used by jQuery's other AJAX methods to make AJAX requests. You should only use this method if you require finer-grained control over an AJAX request than is possible with jQuery's other methods.	XMLHttpRequest
load(url, [data], [function])	Loads HTML from a remote file and inserts the HTML inside of the selected elements. The data argument (optional) is specified as an object literal, defining the data you want to pass to the server in key, value pairs. The function argument (also optional) is the callback method that will handle the data once it is returned from the server.	jQuery
jQuery.get(url, [data], [function], [type]) $.get(url, [data], [function], [type]))	Initiates an HTTP request using the GET method.	XMLHttpRequest
jQuery.getJSON(url, [data], [function]) $.getJSON(url, [data], [function])	Initiates an HTTP request using the GET method, in which the response will be JSON-formatted data.	XMLHttpRequest
jQuery.getScript(url, [function]) $.getScript(url, [function])	Loads and executes a new JavaScript file via the GET method asynchronously.	XMLHttpRequest
jQuery.post(url, [data], [function], [type]) $.post(url, [data], [function], [type])	Initiates an HTTP request using the POST method.	XMLHttpRequest
AJAX Events
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