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Getting Temperature and Humidity from NOAA web api v2

The new NOAA api says that I need to put a token in the header for me to send request and it is giving me a token required error without it. I entered my email and received a token, but I am unsure on how to put it in a format that I can get a response.
Is there a way I can get a JSON response by posting all the information in the URL or do I need to make a html/php page? If I do need to create a web page, is there a library I can import that will allow me to get the JSON in java without the need for a webpage?

you do not need to import any library for accessing NOAA-API you can directly call it using token.
you will have to add your token in header if you are calling it through AJAX call.
open:- http://js.do/
1.add a script
Run this code using your token value.
<script>
function testjson(){
//alert("inside testjson");
jsontest = $.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/api/v2/data?datasetid=GHCND&locationid=ZIP:28801&startdate=2010-05-01&enddate=2010-05-01',
//you can use different data-set values.
headers: {
Token: 'provide your token here'//example:'kxhfoJOtnEuxSNnMGMMSEITkmcsAFmFT'
},
// async: false,
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
//Do stuff with the JSON data
alert(JSON.stringify(data));
jsontest = data;
console.log("data is: " + data);
},failure: function(){
alert("ajax failed");
}
});
console.log(jsontest);
//console.log(jsontest[0]);
}
testjson();
</script>

Making cross domain jquery ajax calls to Restful webservice?

I am using Jquery Ajax calls to access REStful webservices as below. The webservice is hosted on different domain.
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: "some url hosted on differnt domain",
crossDomain: true,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "jsonp",
success: function(responseJson) {
alert("json"+responseJson);
},
error: function(xhr, status, error) {
var err = eval("(" + xhr.responseText + ")");
alert(err.Message);
}
});
Am not sure whether it is not hitting the webservice.It is going to error block but no alert is displayed. Am i doing anything wrong here?
Thanks!

You got to change the Header at you server side http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/#access-control-allow-origin-response-header
Since it will cause forgery. For more of cors understanding http://enable-cors.org/server.html

You can't make cross domain request just like that. It might cause cross-site forgery. Check this-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery
Basically, to be able to do so, the server should allow you to do that. If you access some resource on a cross domain server. The server responds back with a list of allowed users for that resource. The browser reads that list. If you are not listed in that list then the browser won't show the resource to you.
Solutions:
1- You should have control of the server side.
2-you can try 'script' tags in HTML for your purpose. They are an exception to this. You can make cross-domain requests using 'script' tags and then parse the response as json.
3-Jsonp callbacks.
I haven't actually implemented in much detail because I have control over server side whenever I need. And, CDNs are open to all. So, you might want to do some reading now to figure out more.

JQuery was not Called

I am getting errors on callBacks. I have tried following code in jsfiddle.com . You can also try. Data from servelet is not returning. It's returning same error again and again. Check jquery library when you try in jsfiddle
$.ajax({
url : 'http://192.168.16.111:8081/MiddleWareUsman/androidServlet',
type : "post",
dataType: "jsonp",
data : {
"fname": "chaaaaapiio",
"lname": "gya"
},
success : function(data) {
alert("hello"+data);
},
error : function(xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
alert(thrownError);
}
});
My server side:
String a=request.getParameter("fname");
String b=request.getParameter("lname");
response.getWriter().write(a+" "+ b);

It appears you have a couple problems.
JSONP requests can't be sent via POST. They are actually sent as <script> tag requests anyway which are GET requests.
Your server isn't doing JSONP. For the server to do JSONP, it must wrap the requested data in a call to a javascript function who's name was passed as an argument to the request and then the actual data is passed as an argument to that function. JSONP is a big hack, but it works by requesting a javascript and that's what the server must return.

you simply can't send a POST request using JSONP
check this link out to see how JSONP works..

Rest API method is returning value but still receive 500 error

I'm working on a Java Jersey REST API and a website using this API.
This is my server side method
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public List<TreeViewModel> getTreeList() {
User user = User.getByCredentials("team", "team");
List<TreeViewModel> list = user.getTreeViewModels();
return list;
}
And this is my javascript request
function requestTrees() {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: window.api + "tree",
dataType: 'json',
beforeSend: function(xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", make_base_auth('team', 'team'));
},
success: function(data) {
console.log('suc');
},
complete: function(jqxhr, txt_status) {
console.log('com');
},
failed: function(data) {
console.log('fai');
}
});
}
If I debug my server the method gets called and returns the list. But at client side I receive a 500 error which indicates something is wrong at server side?
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.

500 means internal server error, and should usually be accompanied by log messages or even in some cases an exception embedded in the message body sent to the client.
What has most likely happened is that your method has processed and returned the List<TreeViewModel> but that could not then be serialized for sending.
For example some serializers do not like working with raw collections. You need to have your own object and then put the list within that. The only way to find the actual cause of the problem though is to find that exception and see what it is telling you.

Jquery ajax call returns error when the rest service is returning a string

Trying to send a simple text from my rest service and read it using ajax call. Found many answers about jsonp and cross browser compatibility, tried crossdomain too.
Here is the rest service:
Trimmed everything down to send only a simple string.
#GET
#Path("/getcontents2")
#Produces({MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN})
public String getContents2(#QueryParam("name") String msg) {
return "abc";
}
The ajax call:
$(document).ready(function() {
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: 'http://metrics/getcontents2?name=Work/loc.txt',
crossDomain: true,
async: false,
dataType:'html',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
console.log(xhr.status);
console.log(thrownError);
console.log(xhr.responseText);
console.log(xhr);
},
});
});
The browsers opens up the string as is. I guess something is really wrong in the jquery script.
Error on Firebug:
GET http://metrics/getcontents2?name=Work/loc.txt 200 OK 4ms
0
(an empty string)
(an empty string)
Object { readyState=0, status=0, statusText="error"}

Fixed it!
It was because my server was not supporting cross-domain. Configured it will corsfilter and it worked like a charm!

try setting your datatype to text jsonp
dataType: 'jsonp',
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/
You will have to do one of two things to go with this to resolve the error further;
making changes on the server side to pass the data back as json and not as text
retun the string encoded in json return "{"text":"abc"}"; //or something like this
Why?
jquery cross-domain requests are only allowed for dataTypes "script" and "jsonp".
I have updated your fiddle it still throws an error but that is related to a parse json error