How to Get JSON from External URL?

Disqus api help json ajax?

• url = "http://disqus.com/api/get_forum_list?us… this url returns a json object. how will process this through ajax. is this the right way httpObject.open("GET", url, true);

• Answer:

  try this (it's cross browser friendly)- //////////////////////////////////////… var xmlhttp=null; if(window.XMLHttpRequest){ xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if(window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } if(xmlhttp!=null){ xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function(){ if(xmlhttp.readyState==4){ var JSON=xmlhttp.responseText; var obj=eval("("+JSON+")");// this turns the JSON into an object // now call a function and pass it "obj" // or just do something with it here }}} xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true); xmlhttp.send(null);