Currently, I have been making an API call using Titanium in the following way:
var url = "http://www.appcelerator.com";
var client = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient({
// callback when data is received
onload : function(e) {
Ti.API.info("Received text: " + this.responseText);
alert('success');
},
// callback for errors and timeouts
onerror : function(e) {
Ti.API.debug(e.error);
alert('error');
},
timeout : 5000 // in milliseconds
});
// Prepare the connection.
client.open("GET", url);
// Send the request.
client.send();
However, a limitation of this method is that the object can only be accessed within the onload callback function.
For example, attempts to access the object outside like below would not work:
//snippet
var someObject;
onerror : function(e) {
someObject = this.responseText;
},
//end
function useObject(someObject){
alert(someObject);
}
In contrast, with jQuery AJAX, it is possible to achieve this as demonstrated below:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: 'someurl',
data: param = "",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
success: self.useObject,
error: errorFunc
});
The response can then be passed to the success object once it is received.
Given that Titanium does not use jQuery, how can one achieve similar functionality?