Hi Thomas,

this would be an example ajax call:

$.ajax(
{
   url: "www.yourdomain.com/umbraco/surface/employeesurface/getemployees",
   data: yourData,
   type: "GET",
   success: function(data)
   {
      alert("success!");
      // do something with your data
   },
   error: function()
   {
      alert("something went wrong...");
   }
});

For more information:

https://www.w3schools.com/jquery/ajax_ajax.asp

https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/reference/routing/surface-controllers

Jonathan

If your surface controller is inheriting from UmbracoAuthorizedJsonController, you will not be able to call it using ajax unless you are logged in[or pass credentials]. If you are able to post your surface controller class, it would help in narrowing down the issue.

I have used ajax previously to get data from a surfacecontroller.

is employeesurface == employeesurfacecontroller in your namespace? Can you post your controller code or an example please?

Also make sure the function getemployees is public with [HttpGet] access.

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