Need to call perl script from javascript

Question

I have written a perl script I can access from a URL: https://hostname/myweb/myScript.pl?id=1234&stg=13 I get the proper results using the URL

In javascript/jscript, I have tried loading the script ($('#element').load()) - I've tried full ajax calls within a function:

  $.ajax({
    url: '/myweb/myScript.pl',
    type: 'post',
    data: {
      'id' : '1234',
      'stg' : '13'
    }
  });

I am not having any success. If anyone can point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated!

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I am not having any success - It would be really helpful to know what this means. What unexpected behaviour are you seeing? Does nothing seem to happen? Is there an error message (perhaps in the web server error log)? Does your computer explode? — Dave Cross
– Dave Cross, Commented Oct 18, 2019 at 7:44

Jens · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-17 18:55:32Z

1

Looks like your perl script expect a get request not a post request try:

 $.ajax({
    url: '/myweb/myScript.pl?id=1234&stg=13',
    type: 'get'
  });

if you would like use data you can do it this way:

 $.ajax({
    url: '/myweb/myScript.pl',
    type: 'get',
    data: {
      'id' : '1234',
      'stg' : '13'
   }

  });

this should work too

answered Oct 17, 2019 at 18:50

Jens

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