AJAX

Problem

You want to make AJAX calls using jQuery.

Solution

$ ?= require 'jquery' # For Node.js compatibility

$(document).ready ->
    # Basic Examples
    $.get '/', (data) ->
        $('body').append "Successfully got the page."

    $.post '/',
        userName: 'John Doe'
        favoriteFlavor: 'Mint'
        (data) -> $('body').append "Successfully posted to the page."

    # Advanced Settings
    $.ajax '/',
        type: 'GET'
        dataType: 'html'
        error: (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) ->
            $('body').append "AJAX Error: #{textStatus}"
        success: (data, textStatus, jqXHR) ->
            $('body').append "Successful AJAX call: #{data}"

jQuery 1.5 and later have added a new, supplemental API for handling different callbacks.

request = $.get '/'
    request.success (data) -> $('body').append "Successfully got the page again."
    request.error (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) -> $('body').append "AJAX Error: ${textStatus}."

Discussion

The jQuery and $ variables can be used interchangeably. See also Callback bindings.