Error handling in getJSON calls

Question

How can you handle errors in a getJSON call? Im trying to reference a cross-domain script service using jsonp, how do you register an error method?

Answer 1

I was faced with this same issue, but rather than creating callbacks for a failed request, I simply returned an error with the json data object.

If possible, this seems like the easiest solution. Here's a sample of the Python code I used. (Using Flask, Flask's jsonify f and SQLAlchemy)

try:
    snip = Snip.query.filter_by(user_id=current_user.get_id(), id=snip_id).first()
    db.session.delete(snip)
    db.session.commit()
    return jsonify(success=True)
except Exception, e:
    logging.debug(e)
    return jsonify(error="Sorry, we couldn't delete that clip.")

Then you can check on Javascript like this;

$.getJSON('/ajax/deleteSnip/' + data_id,
    function(data){
    console.log(data);
    if (data.success === true) {
       console.log("successfully deleted snip");
       $('.snippet[data-id="' + data_id + '"]').slideUp();
    }
    else {
       //only shows if the data object was returned
    }
});