Cross-domain request with ajax without json-data

Question

I want to make a cross-domain request with ajax to get non-JSON(!) data (CSV-File). I'm using following code:

$.ajax({
 "url": dataset.url,
 "dataType": "text",
 "crossDomain": true
 }).done(function(data) {
 });

But it is not working because of the cross-domain restriction. When i set the datatype to "jsonp", it's also not working because the data will be interpreted and i get syntax errors.

Are there any workarounds? Thanks.

• Selvakumar Arumugam: I had similar issue sometime back.. Check stackoverflow.com/questions/12611469/…
• Sirko: Enable CORS on the server with your dataset.
• yent: You can either wrap the csv data into a jsonp response on the other domain's server or make your get to a script on your server that simply get and return the csv data (kind of proxy).
• Kevin B: You can use CORS, but keep in mind that support for it is lacking with IE. IE7 doesn't support it at all, and IE8-10 you'll have to handle the request yourself (no $.ajax unless you extend it) because IE uses a different xhr object for CORS requests. Best would be to just make the request from your server.
• devOp: Thank you guys! I don't want to use YQL and CORS so i need to write a proxy-script right?

Answer 1

You have following options:

1. Use server side proxy
2. JSONP, wrap csv into jsonp response
3. Use CORS (check cross browser support)