This is my controller,

public ActionResult ReturnMethodTest(int id) 
{
    string name = "John";
    return Json( new {data=name});       
}

I am trying to get data from this controller by using code below but I am getting .

Can you please tell me what am I doing wrong?

$.ajax({
        url: @Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "HomeController"),
        data: {
            id: 5,
        },
        success: function (data) {
            console.log(data);
        }
    });

This is my controller,

public ActionResult ReturnMethodTest(int id) 
{
    string name = "John";
    return Json( new {data=name});       
}

I am trying to get data from this controller by using code below but I am getting .

Can you please tell me what am I doing wrong?

$.ajax({
        url: @Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "HomeController"),
        data: {
            id: 5,
        },
        success: function (data) {
            console.log(data);
        }
    });

• javascript
• jquery
• ajax

• 1 try this:url: '@Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "HomeController")' – Umesh Sehta Commented Jul 13, 2015 at 6:55
• My Code looks like this $.ajax({ url: '@Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "Home")', data: { id: 5, }, success: function (data) { console.log(data); } }); And firebug throws "500 internal Server Error" /i59.tinypic.com/5y96ok.png – Da Artagnan Commented Jul 13, 2015 at 7:13

3 Answers 3

@Url.Action only returns the action url's string, without quotes around it.

You'll need to wrap that url in quotes.

Replace:

url: @Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "HomeController"),

With:

url: '@Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "HomeController")',
//   ^                                                 ^

Otherwise, the file returned to the client will contain:

url: /HomeController/ReturnMethodTest,

Which isn't valid JS, nor what you want. The replacement gives the following result:

url: '/HomeController/ReturnMethodTest',

Which is a perfectly valid JavaScript string.

A Javascript regular expression literal looks like this -- a pattern enclosed between slashes:

var re = /pattern/flags;

If you interpolate a variable that begins with a slash but do not put quotation marks around it, it will be interpreted as a regular expression, not a string. Another time this comes up is with JSP expression language, where you should write the first, not the second:

var spinner = "<img src='${contextPath}/images/ajax-loader-small.gif'>"
var spinner = "<img src='" + ${contextPath} + "/images/ajax-loader-small.gif'>"

Please remove the Controller suffix while specifying in url.

Try it this way:

url: '@Url.Action("ReturnMethodTest", "Home")'