Use jQuery.ajax (or it&#39;s wrapper functions such as jQuery.getJSON) to cover all cross-browser issues.<div><br></div><div>And as indirectly suggested above. JSONP is the solution for cross-domain scripting.</div><div>What it means is that that source (in this case toolserver) has a URL parameter (say &amp;callback=), the script then returns the folllowing:</div>
<div><br></div><div>callback({ my: &#39;data&#39; });</div><div><br></div><div>This is the exception / work-around to same origin policiy as it can be done through a simple script tag because there is a callback.</div><div>
This callback function can be dynamic and generated on the fly with jQuery by using a ? as callback</div><div><br></div><div>Example:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback=myFunc">http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback=myFunc</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>jQuery.getJSON( &#39;<a href="http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback=?">http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/tmp/jsonp_example.php?callback=?</a>&#39;, function(data){</div><div>  alert(data.hello); }</div>
<div>);</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/2/1 Daniel Kinzler <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:daniel@brightbyte.de">daniel@brightbyte.de</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all!<br>
<br>
what&#39;s the best way to get around the same original policy to fetch data from<br>
the toolserver with a XMLHTTPRequest in a Wikipedia gadget? Is there a best<br>
practice, a nice and easy, generally usable method? what would it take to make one?<br>
<br>
I know that some gadgets have been doing this, but I also know that it&#39;s a bit<br>
tricky. I think a general solution to this, documented somewhere, would make<br>
life a lot easier... does something like this exist? if not, why not?<br>
<br>
<br>
-- daniel<br>
<br>
<br>
PS: while i&#39;m at it, is there a wrapper function for XMLHTTPRequest in the<br>
standard MEdiaWiki JS? I don&#39;t want to re-invent a sucky wheel :)<br>
<br>
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