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jQuery AJAX call to show computer lab availability feed
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// Do everything inside AJAX call | |
$.ajax({ | |
url: "https://restapi.tcu.edu/labs/labs.jsonp", | |
dataType: "jsonp", | |
jsonp: false, | |
// Custom callback required due to hardcoded server callback variable | |
jsonpCallback: "labsCallback", | |
success: function(data) { | |
newarr = []; | |
// Get data, frame, and push to empty array | |
$.each(data.ComputerLabs.Lab, function(i,v) { | |
if (v.LabName == "Library-Windows Desktops-OPEN-Lib IC") | |
{ newarr.push([0,$('<p/>').text(v.LabsAvailable + " of " + v.LabsTotal + " Windows Desktop computers are available")]) } | |
if (v.LabName == "Library-Mac Desktops-OPEN-Lib IC") | |
{ newarr.push([1,$('<p/>').text(v.LabsAvailable + " of " + v.LabsTotal + " Mac Desktop computers are available")]) } | |
if (v.LabName == "Library-Windows Laptops-OPEN-LIB IC") | |
{ newarr.push([2,$('<p/>').text(v.LabsAvailable + " of " + v.LabsTotal + " Windows laptop computers are available")]) } | |
if (v.LabName == "Library-Mac Laptops-OPEN-Lib IC") | |
{ newarr.push([3,$('<p/>').text(v.LabsAvailable + " of " + v.LabsTotal + " Mac laptop computers are available")]) } | |
}); | |
// Start building container element. Change this selector | |
$('#container').html('<h4>Information Commons Lab Status</h4><p>(Information below is updated every five minutes.)</p>'); | |
// Sort and append data to container element | |
$.each(newarr.sort(function(a,b) {return a[0] - b[0]}), function(i,v) { $('#container').append(v[1]); }); | |
$('#container').append($('<p/>').text('(Note: some laptops may be charging.)')); | |
} | |
}); |
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