How to read a remote JSON file with jQuery.getJSON()?

Question

I'm new with Javascript and I would like to read a remote JSON file with getJSON() . For some reason my function returns a syntax error Unexpected token ) but I can't figure out what is wrong.

This is what I do, am'I missing something ?

var url = "http://mysafeinfo.com/api/data?list=englishmonarchs&format=json";

$.getJSON(url, function (json) {

    console.log(json);
    alert(json);

)};

Link to the JSFiddle

Answer 1

You have a javascript error

var url = "http://mysafeinfo.com/api/data?list=englishmonarchs&format=json";

$.getJSON(url, function (json) {

    console.log(json);
    alert(json);

}); // here swapped the bracets