my post looks like this:

$.post('/ajaxvalidate/1', {"nid": nid}, function(data) {

I get the Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token : error in google chrome.

I understand that I need to set a content type or something, from this question: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :

I don't understand how to do it.

.post/ has no examples. :( Thanks.

my post looks like this:

$.post('/ajaxvalidate/1', {"nid": nid}, function(data) {

I get the Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token : error in google chrome.

I understand that I need to set a content type or something, from this question: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :

I don't understand how to do it.

http://api.jquery./jQuery.post/ has no examples. :( Thanks.

• javascript
• jquery
• ajax
• google-chrome

• Are you missing your success function callback implementation? I'm assuming it was cut-off when you pasted the code. – David Hoerster Commented Aug 23, 2010 at 21:19
• I am having similar problem. Can someone help me with this ticket stackoverflow./questions/14420920/… – user1993920 Commented Jan 20, 2013 at 2:29

2 Answers 2

There are a number of examples on the jQuery.post API page that you linked to. They're about 1/3 of the way down the page. The last example on the page shows passing the 'json' content type in this method.

Here's a sample of doing a jQuery post -- and this works in jsFiddle without issue:

$(function() {
    $.post("/ajax_json_echo/", {html: "stuff"}, function(data) { alert(data.post_response.html);}, "json");
});

I'm passing my data to the service using 'json' as my data type.

So, are you sure there isn't a server side error happening. Try running your call through Fiddler or Firebug and see what you get back. Also, what type of data is your service expecting?

Update your post with what you see and I'll update my answer accordingly.

Hope this helps.

I got the same error when I forget to close normally $(document).ready(function(){ with ); (not only })