kevin.js

// assuming you've included jQuery

$.ajax({
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://remote-server.com/path/to/resource.json' 
}).done(function (res) {
  console.log('res: ', res) // can view the server response here
}).fail(function (err) {
  console.log('request unsuccessful')
})

// if you need to send additional parameters with your request 

$.ajax({
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://remote-server.com/path/to/resource.json',
  data: {
    param1: 'something',
    param2: 'something else'
  }
}).done(function (res) {
  console.log('res: ', res) // can view the server response here
}).fail(function (err) {
  console.log('request unsuccessful')
})


// example request to http://pokeapi.co/api/v1/pokemon/1

$.ajax({
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'http://pokeapi.co/api/v1/pokemon/1'
}).done(function (res) {
  console.log('res: ', res) // can view the server response here
}).fail(function (err) {
  console.log('request unsuccessful')
})

// the above request prints the following to the console (http://imgur.com/z4m7hwd)
// that's your response object. you can do whatever you want with it.

$.ajax docs http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/