Jquery .get function returns [Object object]

Question

function getsession(){
    var data = $.get('../session', function(data)
    {
        return data;
    });
    return data;
}


alert(getsession());

returns [object Object]

I want it to return the data from the GET.

Answer 1

Since the function passed $.get is executed asynchronously after the HTTP request is finished, you can't get a return variable.

After $("#openSession").append(data), you could also alert(data).

Answer 2

if you want to see the data and your using firefox maybe some others you can use

alert(getsession().toSource());

that way you can see the object that your getting back but if you know the data items you can target them direct

 alert(getsession().someItemInTheObject);

Answer 3

if you are using google chrome you can do a console.log(getsession()) within your code and then press ctr+shift+c to open google chrome dev tools, then go to the console tab, you can see the object there and you can click it to view its internal properties values

Answer 4

try this instead

function getAndProccessSession(){
    $.get('../session', function(returnedSessionData)
    {
        console.log(returnedSessionData);
    });
}