How to to convert my curl method to work in my javascript script?

Question

Beginner in javascript, I'm looking for ways to convert my curl method to work in my javascript script.

Here is my curl method:

curl -X GET "http://model.dbpedia-spotlight.org/en/annotate?text=beyonce" -H "accept: text/html"

My test with ajax (doesn't work):

$.ajax({
    method: "GET",
    url: "http://model.dbpedia-spotlight.org/en/annotate?text=beyonce"
})

with ajax you have the additional issue of CORS to think about and the example code above features `data: { confidence:"0.60"}` but that doesn't appear in the curl code — Professor Abronsius, Dec 02 '17 at 16:24
Also, the curls sends the accept header, whereas the ajax request does not, and seems to return XML from the looks of it — user184994, Dec 02 '17 at 16:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '17 at 16:30

The AJAX call is missing the accept header.

Once you add this in, it seems to work. Please see the example below:

$.ajax({
    method: "GET",
    url: "http://model.dbpedia-spotlight.org/en/annotate?text=beyonce",
    data: { confidence: "0.60" },
    headers: {"accept" : "text/html"}
}).done((res) => $("#res").append(res));

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="res"></div>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '17 at 16:43

I'd recommend using the fetch API over this jquery ajax method you're using. It's quite supported

fetch("http://model.dbpedia-spotlight.org/en/annotate?text=beyonce").then(response => response.text())

If you consider using it, I'd also recommend learning how to deal with Promises in case you don't know!

How to to convert my curl method to work in my javascript script?

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