$.getJSONP

jsonp

    // fn to handle jsonp with timeouts and errors
    // hat tip to Ricardo Tomasi for the timeout logic
    $.getJSONP = function(s) {
        s.dataType = 'jsonp';
        $.ajax(s);

        // figure out what the callback fn is
        var $script = $(document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].firstChild);
        var url = $script.attr('src') || '';
        var cb = (url.match(/callback=(\w+)/)||[])[1];
        if (!cb)
            return; // bail
        var t = 0, cbFn = window[cb];

        $script[0].onerror = function(e) {
            $script.remove();
            handleError(s, {}, "error", e);
            clearTimeout(t);
        };

        if (!s.timeout)
            return;

        window[cb] = function(json) {
            clearTimeout(t);
            cbFn(json);
            cbFn = null;
        };

        t = setTimeout(function() {
            $script.remove();
            handleError(s, {}, "timeout");
            if (cbFn)
                window[cb] = function(){};
        }, s.timeout);
        
        function handleError(s, o, msg, e) {
            // support jquery versions before and after 1.4.3
            ($.ajax.handleError || $.handleError)(s, o, msg, e);
        }
    };