posterous api request with jquery only

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I am trying to use jquery to interact with posterous api , however I am unable to make sense of url and how parameters will be passed . I am using this :

$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url : 'http://posterous.com/api/2/users/me/sites', dataType:'xml', success: function(data,textStatus){ alert(data); }, error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){ alert('XHR : ' + xhr.status); alert("Error:"+thrownError); }

}); });

I am sure I will have to authenticate myself to access the sites , but posterous api has'nt given any examples on how to do that , does any one have idea ?

Doug Molineux · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-25 19:51:09Z

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If they use Basic Auth you will need to provide a username and password (usually login and email respectively)

Look at the username and password arguments you can configure in the ajax call:

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

answered Apr 25, 2011 at 19:51

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user724275 Over a year ago

herbert penito I tried this approach , but everytime I am getting XHR status of 0 when I send the request

Devin Crossman · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-25 19:53:23Z

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you need to include an authorized token with every request. see this website to see how to get the token http://apidocs.posterous.com/pages/authentication then include the data property with your ajax call data:{api_token:YOUR_TOKEN}

answered Apr 25, 2011 at 19:53

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user724275 Over a year ago

crossman Maybe i am wrong in jquery then , because everytime I am getting xhr : 0 code <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("a").click(function(){ $.ajax({ type: 'GET', url : 'posterous.com/api/2/auth/token', dataType:'xml', success: function(data,textStatus){ alert(data); }, error: function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){ alert('XHR : ' + xhr.status); alert("Error:"+thrownError); } }); }); }); </script> <a href="">Click on link</a> code

Devin Crossman Over a year ago

your dataType is set to XML the posterous api only returns JSON data for now.. try changing this to JSON and let me know

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