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>