Another example simple of JQuery REST call

example_jquery_rest_call.js

 $("#myButton").click(function() {
        var artistURL = "http://development.dlwelch.com/examples/restservice/JazzArtists.svc/json/Shirley";
        var returnData = "";
        $.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            dataType: "json",
            async: true,
            url: artistURL,
            error: function(request, status, error) { alert(request.responseText) },
            success: function(data) {
                $("div#myOutput").html(" ");
                returnData = "<table style='font-size:8pt;'><tr><th>Artist</th><th>Grammys</th></tr>";
                for (prop in data) {
                    if (!data.hasOwnProperty(prop)) { continue; }
                    if (data[prop] != null) {
                        for (var i = 0; i < data[prop].length; i++) {
                            returnData += "<tr><td>" + data[prop][i]["FirstName"] 
                                       + " " + data[prop][i]["LastName"] + "</td><td align='right'>"
                                       + data[prop][i]["Grammy"] + "</td></tr>";
                        }
                    }
                }
                returnData = returnData + "</table>";
                $("div#myOutput").html(returnData);
            }
        });
        return (false);
    });