jQuery | get() Method

Last Updated : 01 Mar, 2019

In jQuery .get() method loads data from the server by using the GET HTTP request. This method returns XMLHttpRequest object. Syntax

$.get( url, [data], [callback], [type] )

Parameters

url : String containing the URL at which request is to be sent
data : This is an optional parameter that represents key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
callback: This optional parameter represents the function which is to be executed whenever the data is loaded successfully.
type : This parameter represents type of data to be returned to the callback function i.e "xml", "script", "json", "html", "html", "jsonp", or "text".

Example:

This PHP code is use to get data when below html program send the HTTP GET request.

php

// Result.php file
<?php
if( $_REQUEST["name"] ) {

   $name = $_REQUEST['name'];
   echo "Welcome ". $name;
}

?>

This HTML code is use to send the HTTP GET request.

html

<html>

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript"
            src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js">
  </script>

    <script type="text/javascript"
            language="javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {

        $("#driver").click(function(event) {
                $.get(
                 "result.php", {
                     name: "GFG"
                 },
                 function(data) {
                     $('#stage').html(data);
                 });
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <p>Click on the button to load result file 
  </p>

    <span id="stage" 
          style="background-color:#cc0;">
         GeeksForGeeks
      </span>

    <div>
        <input type="button"
               id="driver"
               value="Load Data" />
    </div>

</body>

</html>