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Opened 12 years ago

Closed 12 years ago

#5709 closed enhancement (fixed)

$.ajax() - type is json if dataType is unspecified and c-t is "application/json"

Reported by: Rick Waldron Owned by:
Priority: trivial Milestone: 1.4
Component: ajax Version: 1.4a2
Keywords: Cc: Rick Waldron
Blocked by: Blocking:

Description

$.ajax() enhancement to treat a server's response ('data', from xhr.responseText) as json if dataType is unspecified and the response content-type is "application/json".

Attachments (1)

httpData.js​ (1.2 KB) - added by Rick Waldron 12 years ago.
httpData method

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Change History (4)

Changed 12 years ago by Rick Waldron

Attachment: httpData.js​ added

httpData method

comment:2 Changed 12 years ago by webbiedave

I think it's a more secure approach to require an explicit request for auto-detection/parsing. Otherwise, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that scripts could be evaluated simply by leaving dataType unspecified (which many existing apps do).

I've created a ticket for a new dataType setting "auto" which provides this functionality:

​http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/5718

comment:3 Changed 12 years ago by john

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

Fixed. ​http://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/787f271052220c20787104f0eba6441aedac22ff

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