jquery.ajax Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Question

So here is my call:

   $.ajax({
       url: url,
       headers: { 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*' },
       crossDomain: true,
       success: function () { alert('it works') },
       error: function() {alert('it doesnt work')},
       datatype: 'jsonp'
   });

My url is legit. You will notice that i do not have data set. I m not sure if datatype is working properly as its actually xml being returned, but i tried that too. Its a call to sportsdata's api. On the site, they show you a request header of x-originating-ip so i have tried that where access-control-allow-origin is.

All of this still returned the access-control error. I am not clear on what data is if i set it, so i have omitted it for now. I have tried a few different things i googled, i understand why i am getting the error. I do not know how to fix it. I tried to not have to ask, but if someone could explain or show me the way, that would be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

http://encosia.com/using-cors-to-access-asp-net-services-across-domains/

refer the above link for more details on Cross domain resource sharing.

you can try using JSONP . If the API is not supporting jsonp, you have to create a service which acts as a middleman between the API and your client. In my case, i have created a asmx service.

sample below:

ajax call:

$(document).ready(function () {
        $.ajax({
            crossDomain: true,
            type:"GET",
            contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
            async:false,
            url: "<your middle man service url here>/GetQuote?callback=?",
            data: { symbol: 'ctsh' },
            dataType: "jsonp",                
            jsonpCallback: 'fnsuccesscallback'
        });
    });

service (asmx) which will return jsonp:

[WebMethod]
    [ScriptMethod(UseHttpGet = true, ResponseFormat = ResponseFormat.Json)]
    public void GetQuote(String symbol,string callback)
    {          

        WebProxy myProxy = new WebProxy("<proxy url here>", true);

        myProxy.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password", "domain");
        StockQuoteProxy.StockQuote SQ = new StockQuoteProxy.StockQuote();
        SQ.Proxy = myProxy;
        String result = SQ.GetQuote(symbol);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        sb.Append(callback + "(");
        sb.Append(js.Serialize(result));
        sb.Append(");");
        Context.Response.Clear();
        Context.Response.ContentType = "application/json";
        Context.Response.Write(sb.ToString());
        Context.Response.End();         
    }