I'm writing a simple site that takes as input an idiom, and return its meaning(s) and example(s) from Oxford dictionary. Here's my idea:
I send a request to the following URL:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/?q=[idiom]
For example, if the idiom is “not go far”, I'll send a request to:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/?q=not+go+far
And I'll be redirected to the following page:
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/far_1#far_1__192
On this page, I can extract the meaning(s) and the example(s) of the idiom.
Here's my code for testing. It will alert the response url:
<input id="idiom" type="text" name="" value="" placeholder="Enter your idiom here">
<br>
<button id="submit" type="">Submit</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submit").bind('click',function(){
var idiom=$("#idiom").val();
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: 'http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/',
data:{q:idiom},
async:true,
crossDomain:true,
success: function(data, status, xhr) {
alert(xhr.getResponseHeader('Location'));
}
});
});
});
</script>
The problem is I've got an error:
Cross-Origin Request Blocked: The Same Origin Policy disallows reading the remote resource at http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/?q=by+far. This can be fixed by moving the resource to the same domain or enabling CORS.
Can anybody tell me how to resolve this please?
Another approach is fine too
Is your website also on the oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com domain? or your trying to make a call to a domain and the same origin policy is blocking you?
Unless you have permission to set header via CORS on the oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com domain you may want to look for another approach.
JSONP or "JSON with padding" is a communication technique used in JavaScript programs running in web browsers to request data from a server in a different domain, something prohibited by typical web browsers because of the same-origin policy. JSONP takes advantage of the fact that browsers do not enforce the same-origin policy on script tags.
Note that for JSONP to work, a server must know how to reply with JSONP-formatted results. JSONP does not work with JSON-formatted results.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP
Good answer on stackoverflow: jQuery AJAX cross domain
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: 'http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/',
data:{q:idiom},
async:true,
dataType : 'jsonp', //you may use jsonp for cross origin request
crossDomain:true,
success: function(data, status, xhr) {
alert(xhr.getResponseHeader('Location'));
}
});
We can not get the data from third party website without jsonp.
You can use the php function for fetch data like file_get_contents() or CURL etc.
Then you can use the PHP url with your ajax code.
<input id="idiom" type="text" name="" value="" placeholder="Enter your idiom here">
<br>
<button id="submit" type="">Submit</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submit").bind('click',function(){
var idiom=$("#idiom").val();
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: 'get_data.php',
data:{q:idiom},
async:true,
crossDomain:true,
success: function(data, status, xhr) {
alert(xhr.getResponseHeader('Location'));
}
});
});
});
</script>
Create a PHP file = get_data.php
<?php
echo file_get_contents("http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/search/english/direct/");
?>
Place below line at the top of the file which you are calling through AJAX.
header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *");
Add the below code to your .htaccess
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin *
It works for me.
Thanks
I had the same problem when I was working on asp.net Mvc webApi because cors was not enabled.
I solved this by enabling cors inside register method of webApiconfig
First install cors from here
then
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Web API configuration and services
var cors = new EnableCorsAttribute("*", "*", "*");
config.EnableCors(cors);
config.EnableCors();
// Web API routes
config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
name: "DefaultApi",
routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
);
}
If your website also on the oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com domain, USE the following into the oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com .htaccess file:
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
This also need.
<?php
header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *");