Prototype AJAX request being sent as OPTIONS rather than GET; results in 501 error

Question

I\'m attempting to access a web service with Prototype/AJAX and am running into an error I can\'t figure out: it seems that when I make a request to a server my request is i

Answer 1

I've never used Prototype and i'm not sure how much use i'll be. But I had a quick look at the docs and I didn't see any support for method and parameters.

So try:

new Ajax.Request(REQUEST_ADDRESS+"?stationString="+station_id, {
    onSuccess: displayMetar,
    onFailure: function() {
        $("errors").update("an error occurred");
    }
});

Also I just noticed that stationString in your example should be in quotes assuming it isn't a variable.