AJAX - The Complete Reference

PART III

Chapter 10: Web Services and Beyond 495

var url = "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/";

var payload = "text=" + searchterm;

payload = AjaxTCR.data.serializeObject(payload,flickrConfig,

"application/x-www-form-urlencoded");

var options = {method:"GET",

payload:payload,

transport: "script",

statusIndicator : { progress :

{type: "text", text: "Searching...", target: "progress" }}};

AjaxTCR.comm.sendRequest(url, options);

}

function handleResponse(response)

{

var resultsDiv = $id("results");

resultsDiv.innerHTML = "";

FIGURE 10-3 Using direct response from Flickr Web Service via <script> call