Ajax POST using jQuery to MVC App on another Domain using JSON - asp.net-mvc

Question

I am trying to send AJAX POST request to an MVC Application
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: {"FirstName":"chris","LastName":"cane"},
contentType: 'application/json',
url: "http://dev.irp.com/irp.Ajax.Search/home/Foo",
success: function (data) {
alert(data);
}
});
This script is present on a different server on an ASP.NET application. My MVC App to handle the code is as below
[HttpPost]
public JsonResult Foo(fromclient test)
{
var obj = new SearchMemberServiceClient();
var members = obj.FindMember(test.FirstName, test.LastName, "", "", "", "").Members;
IEnumerable<Bar> sorted =
from a in members
orderby a.FirstName ascending
group a by new
{
a.FormattedFullName,
a.MembershipsProxy[0].GoodFromDate,
a.MembershipsProxy[0].GoodThroughDate,
} into k
select new Bar
{
FormattedName = k.Key.FormattedFullName,
goodfrom = k.Key.GoodFromDate,
goodthru = k.Key.GoodThroughDate,
};
return Json(sorted.ToList());
}
public class Bar
{
public string FormattedName { get; set; }
public DateTime goodfrom { get; set; }
public DateTime goodthru { get; set; }
}
public class fromclient
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
The problem is the script needs to post to that url and get the json data. But as the controller does not have any view, When I look inside the console on the client side it says 404 error for the url and also it says XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://dev.irp.com/irp.Ajax.Search/home/Foo. Origin http://web-dev.irps.com is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.
I dont know if the problem has to do with the absolute path of the url for ajax request. If so how could I overcome this?

Answer 1

Due to the same origin policy restriction that't built into browsers you cannot send AJAX requests to different domains. A possible workaround is to have the server return JSONP instead of JSON. Here's an example of a custom JsonpResult that you could use in your controller action.

Answer 2

Can U try JSONP ? Why json? It's perfect to cross-domain.