jQueryAjax.js

//when the button on the page is clicked the ajax request will be made
$('button').click(function(event){
  event.preventDefault(); //prevents browsers default behavior 
  //make the ajax request
  $.ajax({
  url: https:'//api.github.com/users/twolfe2',  //url could be first parameter to $.ajax instead
  data: {
    format: 'json'//tells github we want our data in json format
  },
  error: function (){
    alert("An error occured");
  },
  dataType: 'jsonp',//JSONP allows us to make a cross-domain request
  success: function(response) {
    alert("GitHub User:" + response.login + "is located in" + response.location);
  },
  type: 'GET' //GET is the default
  });
  
})