How to make a JSONP request from Javascript without JQuery?

Question

Can I make a cross-domain JSONP request in JavaScript without using jQuery or other external library? I would like to use JavaScript itself and then parse the data and make

Answer 1

/**
 * Get JSONP data for cross-domain AJAX requests
 * @private
 * @link http://cameronspear.com/blog/exactly-what-is-jsonp/
 * @param  {String} url      The URL of the JSON request
 * @param  {String} callback The name of the callback to run on load
 */
var loadJSONP = function ( url, callback ) {

    // Create script with url and callback (if specified)
    var ref = window.document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' )[ 0 ];
    var script = window.document.createElement( 'script' );
    script.src = url + (url.indexOf( '?' ) + 1 ? '&' : '?') + 'callback=' + callback;

    // Insert script tag into the DOM (append to )
    ref.parentNode.insertBefore( script, ref );

    // After the script is loaded (and executed), remove it
    script.onload = function () {
        this.remove();
    };

};

/** 
 * Example
 */

// Function to run on success
var logAPI = function ( data ) {
    console.log( data );
}

// Run request
loadJSONP( 'http://api.petfinder.com/shelter.getPets?format=json&key=12345&shelter=AA11', 'logAPI' );