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Created January 3, 2012 21:54
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A shorthand method to posting JSON data using jQuery
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jquery.post-json.js
(function($) {
$.postJSON = function(url, data, success, dataType) {
if (typeof data != 'string') {
data = JSON.stringify(data);
}
$.ajax({
url : url,
type: "post",
data: data,
dataType: dataType || "json",
contentType: "application/json",
success: success
});
}
})(jQuery);
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padcom commented Jan 3, 2012

A shorthand version of the http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/ function that instead of doing a form post does a JSON post with the proper content-type. See http://bit.ly/ykJb4k for more information

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