How do I avoid the following error when trying to take data from an AJAX call and plug it into another function when I click the submit button?
The console.log call in the ajax function shows that the data is grabbed and I'd hoped then stored in json_data.
The aim was then to use this data to alter a string submitted through an HTML form.
The error is then returned at the line in the 'click' function:
console.log(json_data.length); <title>Test Form</title> <script type="text/javascript" src=""></script> <style> #results_box { border: red 5px solid; } #place { border: #cccccc 1px solid; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { var json_source = ""; var string_data =""; var json_data = $.ajax({ dataType: 'jsonp', url: json_source, success: function(data){ var data_obj = []; for (i=0; i<data.feed.entry.length; i++){ var el = {'key': data.feed.entry[i].title['$t'], 'value': '<p><a href="'+data.feed.entry[i].content['$t']+'>'+data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']+'</a></p>'}; data_obj.push(el)}; console.log("data grabbed"); return data_obj; }, error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){ $('#results_box').html('<h2>Something went wrong!</h2><p><b>' + textStatus + '</b> ' + errorThrown + '</p>'); } }); $(':submit').click(function(event, json_data){ event.preventDefault(); console.log(json_data.length); //function if ($('#place').val() !=''){ var copy_string = $('#place').val(); var converted_string = copy_string; for (i=0; i<json_data.length; i++){ //console_log(data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']); converted_string = converted_string.replace(json_data.feed.entry[i].title['$t'], '<a href="'+json_data.feed.entry[i].content['$t']+'>'+json_data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']+'</a>'); } $('#results_box').text(converted_string).html(); } }); });//document ready end </script> </head> <body> <div> <div> <form><h4>Copy to process:</h4> <textarea></textarea> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </div> <div >Results will appear here</div> </div> 4 Answers
You are not passing the variable correctly. One fast solution is to make a global variable like this:
var global_json_data; $(document).ready(function() { var json_source = ""; var string_data =""; var json_data = $.ajax({ dataType: 'json', // Return JSON url: json_source, success: function(data){ var data_obj = []; for (i=0; i<data.feed.entry.length; i++){ var el = {'key': data.feed.entry[i].title['$t'], 'value': '<p><a href="'+data.feed.entry[i].content['$t']+'>'+data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']+'</a></p>'}; data_obj.push(el)}; console.log("data grabbed"); global_json_data = data_obj; return data_obj; }, error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){ $('#results_box').html('<h2>Something went wrong!</h2><p><b>' + textStatus + '</b> ' + errorThrown + '</p>'); } }); $(':submit').click(function(event){ var json_data = global_json_data; event.preventDefault(); console.log(json_data.length); //function if ($('#place').val() !=''){ var copy_string = $('#place').val(); var converted_string = copy_string; for (i=0; i<json_data.length; i++){ //console_log(data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']); converted_string = converted_string.replace(json_data.feed.entry[i].title['$t'], '<a href="'+json_data.feed.entry[i].content['$t']+'>'+json_data.feed.entry[i].title['$t']+'</a>'); } $('#results_box').text(converted_string).html(); } }); });//document ready end console.log(typeof json_data !== 'undefined' ? json_data.length : 'There is no spoon.'); ...or more simply...
console.log(json_data ? json_data.length : 'json_data is null or undefined'); You are accessing an object that is not defined.
The solution is check for null or undefined (to see whether the object exists) and only then iterate.
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