jQuery JSONP Request

jquery_jsonp.js

// This is something I ALWAYS forget about, so hopefully this Gist will serve as a reminder.  Whenever you get the "Access-Control-Allow-Origin"
// error, that's because you're trying to make a cross-domain AJAX request, which is a big no-no in the world of the internet.
// So, after spending WAY more time than I care to admit trying to address this, I remembered that JSONP is the answer.  Here's
// how to do it:
$.ajax({
      url: [/* whatever your URL is */],
      /*type: 'GET',*/ // seems superfluous - .ajax uses GET by default.
      dataType: 'jsonp',
      /*crossDomain: true,*/ // seems to work fine without this.
      data: { /* an object with whatever data you need to pass along in your JSONP request */ },
      success: function(response) {
          /* do something meaningful with the result. */
      }
  });