aja

Ajax without XML : Asynchronous Javascript and JavaScript/JSON(P)

Basic Sample

Request JSON data

aja()
  .url('/api/data.json')
  .on('success', function(data){
      //data is a JavaScript object
  })
  .go();

Load html into an element

aja()
  .url('/views/page.html')
  .into('.container')
  .go();

More options using the fluent api, terrific REST client.

aja()
  .method('GET')
  .url('/api/customer')
  .timeout(2500)
  .data({firstname: 'John Romuald'})
  .on('200', function(response){
      //well done
  })
  .on('timeout', functon(){
      // uh oh... Request ended. Do something fancy here, don't let your user wait forever!
  })
  .go();

aja()
  .method('PUT')
  .url('/api/customer')
  .cache(false)
  .body({id : 12, firstname: 'John Romuald', job : 'linguist'})
  .on('200', function(response){
      //well done
  })
  .on('40*', function(response){
      //something is definitely wrong
  })
  .on('500', function(response){
      //oh crap
  })
  .go();

JSONP

aja()
  .url('http://otherdomain.com/api/remoteScript')
  .type('jsonp')
  .padding('someGlobalFunction')
  .on('success', function(data){
      //Fuk cross origin policy
  })
  .go();

Raw script loading

aja()
    .url('http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js')
    .type('script')
    .on('success', function(){
        window.twttr.widgets.load();
    })
    .go();

Development

Setup

You need grunt >= 0.4grunt as well as node and npm installed and running on your system.

git clone https://github.com/krampstudio/aja.js.git
cd aja.js
npm install

Tests

Run the tests:

grunt test

Development

The dev of this library is based on TDD principle. So, dev means write tests. Run the developent server :

grunt devtest

So tests run once something is modified and you can access it also at http://localhost:9901/test

Contributing

Contributions (issue reporting, bug fixes, feedback, typos, gimie a tip, etc.) are really welcomed! This library is developed using the TDD principles, so I accept pull request only if they come with the according unit/integration test.

I'd love if somebody can create a nice logo for aja.js...

History

- 0.1.0 : initial release - 0.2.0 : added support of new HTTP methods (trace, patch and connect)

- _0.2.1_ : Fix missing  `main` prop in package.json

- 0.3.0 : support new request type : script

- _0.3.1_ : Fix issue #4 and cache management
- _0.3.2_ : Fix issue #7
- _0.3.3_ : Fix issue #10 and #11
- _0.3.4_ : reminify

- 0.4.0 : added timeout

- _0.4.1_ : Merge PR #16

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Bertrand Chevrier <"chevrier_bertrand gmail_com".replace(/\s/, '@').replace(/_/g, '.')> Licensed under the MIT license.