jQuery.getJSON()
$.ajax({ dataType: "json", url: url, data: data, success: success });
$.getJSON('test.json', function(data) { var items = []; $.each(data, function(key, val) { items.push('<li id="' + key + '">' + val + '</li>'); }); $('<ul/>', { 'class': 'my-new-list', html: items.join('') }).appendTo('div#ajaxjson'); });