Talk:Cover Art Archive/API

Why can I not get back the JSON result as of this jQuery function:

$.getJSON("http://coverartarchive.org/release/76df3287-6cda-33eb-8e9a-044b5e15ffdd",

 function (data) {
    alert("getjson succeeded " );

});

It works if I first download the data and store it on my server and then us my server's url.

If I define a .NET page Web service, and then inside of that method retrieve the JSON via a WebRequest it works as so:

[System.Web.Services.WebMethod]
   public static string GetReleaseCover(string title)
   {

       string json = string.Empty;
      
       string artistlookupurl = "http://coverartarchive.org/release/76df3287-6cda-33eb-8e9a-044b5e15ffdd";

       /////// Look up info on selection from MusicBrainz ///////////
       Uri uri = new Uri(artistlookupurl);
       try
       {
           WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
           WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
           // Display status
           Console.WriteLine(((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
           // Get the stream containing content returned by the server.
           Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream();
           // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access.
           StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(dataStream);
           // Read the content.
           json = reader.ReadToEnd();
       }
       catch ...
       return json;
    }