$.ajax({ url: "test.aspx?action=testaction", contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8", dataType: 'json', type: 'GET', data: JSON.stringify({name:''}), error: function (data, status, e) { $("#loadingDialog").dialog('close'); alert(e); }, success: function (data) { // data is json $("#loadingDialog").dialog('close'); showResult(data); }, });