$.getJSON and $.ajax not working

Question

I am working on pset8. But I am unable to get articles from articles.php. here's what my code looks like:

function getArticles(place)
{
var articles = "Slow news day!";
var parameter = {geo: place.postal_code};
$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    dataType: "json",
    url: "articles.php",
    data: {geo: place.postal_code},
    success: function(json){
      articles = "<ul>";
       var len = json.length;
       for (var i = 0; i < len; i++)
       {
           articles += "<li><a href=\"" + json[i].link + "\" target = \" _blank \">" + json[i].title + "</li>";
       }
       articles += "</ul>"
    },


});
return articles;
}

I have also tried $.getJSON. but it doesn't work

Answer 1

Take a look at this:

$.getJSON("articles.php", parameters)
.done(function (data) {
    // here goes the things you do in case it succeeds
})
.fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    // log error to browser's console
    console.log(errorThrown.toString());
});

Although I'm not sure you need a different function for this. I have added it inside a click listener for each marker. Anyway hope this helps. For any disambiguation just leave a comment.