homestead-populate.js

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
	
	try {
    //Assuming the location and filename as below
		var url = "http://localhost:8080/homestead.txt";

		$.ajax(url)
		.success(
			function(responseText){
				console.log(responseText)
				loadContentAsync(responseText)
			}
		);

		function loadContentAsync(str) {
			str = str.replace(/["']/g, "");
			var result = str.split('|');
			$("#txtAssessmentNumber").val(result[0]);
			$("#txtBriefPropDescr").val(result[1]);
			$("#txtPhysicalAddress").val(result[2]);
			$("#txtPhysicalCity").val(result[3]);
			$("#txtPhysicalZip").val(result[4]);
		}

	} catch (e){
		console.log("Homestead File not found at specified server.")
	}

});

</script>