我可以不使用AJAX来调用servlet URL吗

Question

Can I invoke a URL, directly from javascript without using AJAX,on click of a play button, i am calling the playAlbumFromMediaUrl().

function playAlbumFromMediaUrl() {
    var trackMasterList = document.audioDetails.trackMasterIdList.value;

    var stringUrl = trackMasterList.split('::');


    for (var i = 0; i < stringUrl.length - 1; i++) {

        playlist[i] = {
            file: stringUrl[i],
            provider: "/teams/web/jwplayer/AkamaiAdvancedJWStreamProvider.swf"
        }

    }
    setTimeout(function () {
        jwplayerSetupForPlayAlbum();
    }, 1000);
}


function jwplayerSetupForPlayAlbum() {
    jwplayer('html5AudioPlayer').setup({
        playlist: [{
            file: "http://localhost:8080/servlet/MediaLibraryAccessServlet?trackMasterId=898035&isProtocol=rtmpe&assetFormat=MP448Full",
            provider: "/teams/web/jwplayer/AkamaiAdvancedJWStreamProvider.swf"
        }],
        width: 550,
        height: 30
    }).play();


}

Once the url is invoked,it calls the MediaLibraryAccess servlet class that returns a mp4 url, that can be played by the jwplayer.

I need to invoke the servlet url,without using AJAX. For simplicity, i am not looping the playlist,instead i hard coded the servlet URL call in the jwplayer file attribute.

Can anyone help with this.

Answer 1

As far as i know there are 4 basic ways to call a URL.

1. Direct POST/GET (normal clicking of a link)
2. Using frames
3. Using Ajax
4. Opening a pop-up window that will call the URL with one of the above methods.

Eliminating option 2-3 you are left with only option 1 witch I doubt that it will fill your needs. I think you should spend some times and make it work using options 2 or 3

UPDATE:

To use option 1 or 4 using javascript see Window.location.href and Window.open () methods in JavaScript

In short for Option 1 you can use:

window.location.href = 'http://www.google.com'; //Will take you to Google using GET.