So I need to make a a cross domain request where the response is not JSON formatted, so I cannot use .getJSON. .get obviously doesn\'t work because it is a cross domain requ
Yeah, cross browser scripting. You can't AJAX anything like that since it violates the same domain policy.
You are going to have to setup a proxy on the same server the JavaScript is running from.
Edit Lookslike you need the $('#container').load(url)
bit for that to work.
Go back an reread the linked article carefully.