$( document ).ready(function() { $("#testcors").click(function(event) { console.log("inside testcors.click"); statusURL="https://w69y8dk663.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/api/status"; $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: statusURL, dataType: "json", contentType: "application/json", success: StatusFinish, error: StatusFinish }); }); function StatusFinish(result) { alert(JSON.stringify(result)); } });