Loading XML using $.ajax not working

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XML parsing in jquery doesn't seem to work for me
Access-Control-Allow-Origin error sending a jQuery Post to Google API's

I'm trying to load data from Google's weather API. When I run this code:

$.ajax({ 
    type: "GET",
    url: "http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=13210",
    dataType: "xml",
    success: function(xml) {   } 
});

I get the following message: XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=13210. Origin null is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.

Why am I getting this message? I am new to loading XML into jquery.

Seems like this was asked before: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6114436/access-control-allow-origin-error-sending-a-jquery-post-to-google-apis — Tieson T., Apr 26 '12 at 05:34
dont forget to upvote and mark answer as accepted if you got the info you want .. — Pranay Rana, Apr 26 '12 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '12 at 05:52

Unfortunately there is no way you can directly load the XML from

http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=13210

using only jQuery/JavaScript. The Same origin policy prevents that. And Google does not send an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header either (which could allow access).

The only way is to load it from server-side.

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