Difference between $.ajax() and $.get() and $.load

Question

What is the difference between $.ajax() and $.get() and $.load()?

Which is better to use and in what conditions?

Answer 1

Both are used to send some data and receive some response using that data.

GET: Get information stored in the server. (i.e. search, tweet, person information). If you want to send information then get request send request using process.php?name=subroto So it basically sends information through url. Url cannot handle more than 2036 char. So for blog post can you remember it is not possible?

POST: Post do same thing as GET. User registration, User login, Big data send, Blog Post. If you need to send secure information then use post or for big data as it not go through url.

AJAX: $.get() and $.post() contain features that are subsets of $.ajax(). It has more configuration.

$.get () method, which is a kind of shorthand for $.ajax(). When using $.get (), instead of passing in an object, you pass in arguments. At minimum, you’ll need the first two arguments, which are the URL of the file you want to retrieve (eg. test.txt) and a success callback.

Answer 2

$.get = $.ajax({type: 'GET'});

$.load() is a helper function which only can be invoked on elements.

$.ajax() gives you most control. you can specify if you want to POST data, got more callbacks etc.

• http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.get/
• http://api.jquery.com/load/
• http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

Answer 3

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

jQuery.ajax()

Description: Perform an asynchronous HTTP (Ajax) request.

The full monty, lets you make any kind of Ajax request.

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http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.get/

jQuery.get()

Description: Load data from the server using a HTTP GET request.

Only lets you make HTTP GET requests, requires a little less configuration.

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http://api.jquery.com/load/

.load()

Description: Load data from the server and place the returned HTML into the matched element.

Specialized to get data and inject it into an element.