AJAX cross domain call

Question

I know about AJAX cross-domain policy. So I can\'t just call \"http://www.google.com\" over a ajax HTTP request and display the results somewhere on my site.

I tried

Answer 1

Here is an easy way of how you can do it, without having to use anything fancy, or even JSON.

First, create a server side script to handle your requests. Something like http://www.example.com/path/handler.php

You will call it with parameters, like this: .../handler.php?param1=12345¶m2=67890

Inside it, after processing the recieved data, output:

document.serverResponse('..all the data, in any format that suits you..');
// Any code could be used instead, because you dont have to encode this data
// All your output will simply be executed as normal javascript

Now, in the client side script, use the following:

document.serverResponse = function(param){ console.log(param) }

var script = document.createElement('script');
script.src='http://www.example.com/path/handler.php?param1=12345¶m2=67890';
document.head.appendChild(script);

The only limit of this approach, is the max length of parameters that you can send to the server. But, you can always send multiple requests.