jQuery Json via Ajax strange String behaviour

Question

Something strange happens: when i want to post a string "??" via ajax to the server

$.ajax({
  type: 'POST',
  url: path,
  dataType: 'json',
  data: JSON.stringify({
    text: "??"
  })
});

it allways produces something like that in request to the server:

{"text":"jQuery21109622253710404038_1411696744993"}:

What is happening here? What the problem with double ? ?

try it without the stringify. You don't really need it unless you want to send an object inside data — jollarvia, Sep 26 '14 at 02:11

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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You need to specify the content type;

$.ajax({
  type: 'POST',
  url: path,
  dataType: 'json',
  contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8', //<--This line
  data: JSON.stringify({
    text: "??"
  })
});

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Let me know if it works

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Sep 26 '14 at 02:24

Felipe Pereira

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yeah, that did the trick for me! thanks a lot! i thought that would be handled if i specify the datatype:json... – Fabian Sep 26 '14 at 19:59
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that happens, dataType is for the client to use on the response from the server – Felipe Pereira Sep 26 '14 at 20:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '14 at 05:25

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Do not use JSON.stringify for data. It should work fine after removing that. See the code below.

$.ajax({
   type: 'POST',
   url: 'http://localhost/rnd/ajax.php',
   dataType: 'json',
   data: {text: "??"}
});

answered Sep 26 '14 at 05:25

ButterflyRay

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jQuery Json via Ajax strange String behaviour

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