JQuery.AJAX fails even though firefox says code 200

Question

I cannot get the jQuery to return a success even though the URL which it generates works. The code is as follows:

    var baseURL = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0.json";
    var apiKey = "myAPIKEy";

    $.ajax
    ({
        type: "GET",
        url: baseURL,
        data: { apikey: apiKey },
        success:function()
        {
            alert('here');
        },
        complete:function(data)
        {
            return data;
        }
    });

It does not hit success (I took out failed but it goes into failed). I am not sure why this is failing given I copy paste the generated URL and it works and spits back a response. Please let me know what other information I can provide. I am sorry for being a bit vague. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!

Answer 1

This will work, for cross domain

var baseURL = "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0.json";
var apiKey = "myAPIKEy";

$.getJSON (baseURL + "?callback=?", { apikey: apiKey }, function(data){
        return data;
});