I understand that using jQuery and other libraries can make handling responses easier, but I personally want to learn the most effective way to deal with these situations. Despite my extensive research on how to handle them properly, all I come across are explanations for why these responses exist: anti-hijacking.
So, as the title suggests, I am aware that a common method involves adding a while loop at the beginning, which can be removed using .replace(/^while\(\d*\);/, ''), although this approach feels somewhat crude and makeshift, and it only covers one potential variation.
Is there a more efficient way of handling this?
In an effort to keep things simple, consider the following example:
var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
oReq.addEventListener("load", function() {
console.log(this.responseText);
});
oReq.open("GET", "http://www.example.org/example.json");
oReq.send();
Upon executing this code snippet, you may receive a response like:
while(1);{"menu":{"id":"file","value":"File","popup":{"menuitem":[{"value":"New","onclick":"CreateNewDoc()"},{"value":"Open","onclick":"OpenDoc()"},{"value":"Close","onclick":"CloseDoc()"}]}}}