GET Ajax returns html code in response instead of json object

Question

I have an ajax get request as below. I am making a GET request to server.js in openshift using nodejs express. However, i get html contents in the response method instead of

Answer 1

res.send(names) is not JSON, You have to stringify the data using JSON.stringify.

Try testing before the DB call to check if it works.

res.send( JSON.stringify( {testData:'test'} ) )

Edit

As discussed in the comments, please check to ensure that your request is routed to the correct route that you declared.

Does console.log("gat method"); output anything to the terminal window?