[Developers] freebase-suggest modification

[Dae Park]

I am unaware of any methods invoking something cross domain  
synchronously. Even if it's possible, I doubt you want the browser to  
be "blocked" while you are waiting for your response.

-dae


On May 14, 2008, at 8:25 AM, Zodiac Seven wrote:

> Dae,
>
> $.ajax is using a async callback too. Isn't there an approach which  
> will
> work synchronously like XmlHttpRequest?
>
> On 5/14/08, Dae Park <daepark at metaweb.com> wrote:
>>
>> You should be able to $.ajax with "jsonp" as the dataType to
>> accomplish what you want.
>>
>> -dae
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 13, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Zodiac Seven wrote:
>>
>>> This is more of a javascript question then a freebase one but
>>> hoping someone here can help.
>>>
>>> I am trying to make a call to a webservice in freebase suggest
>>> (http://code.google.com/p/freebase-suggest/)
>>> This means I call a web service for every suggestion and depending
>>> on that i display the suggestion.
>>>
>>> freebase.suggest.js Line 528.
>>>
>>> p.list_receive = function(input, txt, o) {//fb.log("list_receive",
>>> input, query, o);
>>> // handle errors
>>> if (o.status !== '200 OK') {
>>> fb.error("list_receive", o.code, o.messages, o);
>>> return;
>>> }
>>> ...
>>> var url = 'http://somesite/webservice?
>>> callback=mycheckfunction&term=' + suggestKeyWord;
>>>
>>> // Create a script tag, set its src attribute and add it to the
>>> document
>>> // This triggers the HTTP request and submits the query
>>> var script = document.createElement("script");
>>> script.src = url;
>>> document.body.appendChild(script);
>>> ...
>>> // further logic to add/remove the item
>>>
>>> My problem is that i'm using document.createElement("script" and
>>> since that is async i have no idea of knowing the response of my
>>> web service.
>>> I could move the further logic into the callback but is there a
>>> 'synchronous' way to wait until i get a response from my web  
>>> service.
>>> I can't use xmlHttpRequest because of the cross domain restriction.
>>>
>>
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