Calling ajax request from html page inside asp.net project - asp.net

Question

I cannot get a simple ajax example to work from an html page inside my visual studio project. It works fine from a webform (aspx):
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webform1.aspx and form1.html
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function ShowCurrentTime() {
alert("before json");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "json.aspx/GetCurrentTime",
data: "{name: bob }",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: OnSuccess,
failure: function (response) {
alert(response.d);
}
});
alert("after json");
}
function OnSuccess(response) {
alert(response.d);
}
...
webform1.aspx and form1.html
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<input id="btnGetTime" type="button" value="Show Current Time"
onclick="ShowCurrentTime()" />
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json.aspx
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[WebMethod]
public static string GetCurrentTime(string name)
{
return "Hello " + name + Environment.NewLine + "The Current Time is: "
+ DateTime.Now.ToString();
}
If I put the code in webform1.aspx, it works fine. If I put it on form1.html, nothing comes back from json.aspx. I am running the project in debug mode from my machine using vs2013. Any help would be appreciated.
Update #1
I checked fiddler and the server is returning the following result (500):
{"Message":"Invalid JSON primitive: bob.","StackTrace":" at System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptObjectDeserializer.DeserializePrimitiveObject()\r\n at ...

Answer 1

Your json is malformed. Strings need to be in quotes. Put bob in quotes and you should be good. I'm unsure why it's working on the ASP.NET page though, unless it has the quotes there.
function ShowCurrentTime() {
alert("before json");
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "json.aspx/GetCurrentTime",
data: "{name: \"bob\" }",
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: OnSuccess,
failure: function (response) {
alert(response.d);
}
});
alert("after json");
}
function OnSuccess(response) {
alert(response.d);
}