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JQUERY

$.getJSON('/my/url', function(data) {

});

IE9+

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);

request.onload = function() {
if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
// Success!
var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
} else {
// We reached our target server, but it returned an error

}
};

request.onerror = function() {
// There was a connection error of some sort
};

request.send();