Why is my REST method not being called by this jQuery?

Question

I have a similar question about jQuery button click handler code not being fired at all here.

In this case, it is being fired (when the jQuery is added to a sta

Answer 1

Regarding your point:

If I manually enter that URL in the browser, so that the URL bar reads "http://localhost:52194/api/ABUELOS/2016-08-21/2016-08-27" it works - the method is reached and it "does its thing."

Modifying your Ajax call like shown below should solve your problem and will send a GET request to the mapped url (Showing with button click event handler):

 $("#btnGetData").click(function () {

   var unitval = 'ABUELOS';
   var begdateval = '2016-08-21';
   var enddateval = '2016-08-27';

   $.getJSON("api/" + unitval + "/" + begdateval + "/" + enddateval,
      function (Data) {
        // do what ever you want with the success response
      })
      .fail(
        function (jqXHR, textStatus, err) {
          // do what ever you want with the failed response
      });
 });