Chrome refuses to execute an AJAX script due to wrong MIME type

Question

I'm trying to access a script as JSON via AJAX, which works fine on Safari and other browsers but unfortunately will not execute in Chrome. It's coming with the following error:

Refused to execute script from '*' because its MIME type ('application/json') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.

Here's the request:

$.ajax({
    url: "http://some_url/test.json?callback=?",
    type: "GET",
    dataType: 'json',
    cache: true,
    success: function (data, status, error) {
      console.log('success', data);
    },
    error: function (data, status, error) {
      console.log('error', data, status, error);
    }
});

Does anyone have a workaround for this?

Answer 1

By adding a callback argument, you are telling jQuery that you want to make a request for JSONP using a script element instead of a request for JSON using XMLHttpRequest.

JSONP is not JSON. It is a JavaScript program.

Change your server so it outputs the right MIME type for JSONP which is application/javascript.

(While you are at it, stop telling jQuery that you are expecting JSON as that is contradictory: dataType: 'jsonp').