How to get HTML response from Ajax through Servlet

Question

I am making a JSP Application that calls Ajax request to the Servlet. I had taken reference from How to use servlets and Ajax.

I am facing a problem in adding responseText as innerHTML of my div. I tried

$('#testdiv').html(responseText);

but it is displaying it as text instead of as HTML.

My Code is:-----------------

function getdata(){     
            var mobile = document.loyaltyForm.mobile.value;
            var code = document.loyaltyForm.mobilecode.value; 
            var response = '';
            var testdiv = document.getElementById("testdiv");
            // Locate HTML DOM element with ID "somebutton" and assign the following function to its "click" event...
            $.post('loyal',  {mob:mobile,mobilecode:code}, function(responseText) { // Execute Ajax GET request on URL of "someservlet" and execute the following function with Ajax response text...
                alert('Response:'+responseText);
            });

    }

Sorry, but your question is incomprehensible. It's printing the text in the html page because that's what you said you wanted - you said you wanted it in the div. I don't understand the question. — Ariel, Aug 09 '11 at 10:20
responseText is printing in html but i wants to print responseText on innerHTML of div 'testdiv' — Ankit, Aug 09 '11 at 10:25
I had also try this: function(responseText) { alert('hiii-->'+responseText); response = responseText; } alert('hello-->'+response); First alert is printing the reponseText but doesnot copy the value to reponse variable. So, second alert is printing only hello.. I hope i explained my comment.. — Ankit, Aug 09 '11 at 10:30
Um, innerHTML of div *IS* html, so I still don't understand what you are saying. To your comment, response is a local variable of the function. I can't tell. Copy your entire code into the question and maybe someone can help you from that. — Ariel, Aug 09 '11 at 10:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 09 '11 at 12:56

That will happen when responseText actually contains for example

&lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;italic&lt;/i&gt;

instead of

<b>bold</b> <i>italic</i>

In other words, that will happen when you send a HTML-escaped string instead of a real HTML string. Make sure that your servlet doesn't send a HTML-escaped string.

How to get HTML response from Ajax through Servlet

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