jquery - Populating select using ajax json array -

i have application needs integrated sagepay (payment gateway).

there list of countries in iso-3166-1 format here want add.

the list appears json data inside array called countries:

countries = [     {code: "gb", name: "united kingdom"},     {code: "af", name: "afghanistan"},     {code: "ax", name: "aland islands"},     // ... ]; 

i have select element id country:

<select id="country"></select> 

i have tried using ajax follows add these items select element on page load:

$.ajax({     url: '/js/countrycodes.js',     type: 'post',     datatype: 'json',     success: function( json ) {         $.each(json, function(i, value) {             $('#country').append($('<option>').text(code).attr('value', name));         });     } }); 

this doesn't seem anything. if console.log(json) in success callback doesn't produce anything.

i realise 1 issue json data inside array, countries, not sure how parse this.

i've checked make sure i'm getting http 200 on /js/countrycodes.js , accessible, other files such jquery.

any appreciated.

edit output if run of suggested answers in console:

        {readystate: 1, getresponseheader: ƒ, getallresponseheaders: ƒ, setrequestheader: ƒ, overridemimetype: ƒ, …}         abort         :         ƒ (a)                 :         ƒ ()         complete         :         ƒ ()         done         :         ƒ ()         error         :         ƒ ()         fail         :         ƒ ()         getallresponseheaders         :         ƒ ()         getresponseheader         :         ƒ (a)         overridemimetype         :         ƒ (a)         pipe         :         ƒ ()         progress         :         ƒ ()         promise         :         ƒ (a)         readystate         :         4         responsetext         :         "countries = [↵{code: "gb", name: "united kingdom"},↵{code: "af", name: "afghanistan"},↵{code: "ax", name: "aland islands"},↵{code: "al", name: "albania"},↵{code: "dz", name: "algeria"},↵{code: "as", name: "american samoa"},↵{code: "ad", name: "andorra"},↵{code: "ao", name: "angola"},↵{code: "ai", name: "anguilla"},↵{code: "aq", name: "antarctica"},↵{code: "ag", name: "antigua , barbuda"},↵{code: "ar", name: "argentina"},↵{code: "am", name: "armenia"},↵{code: "aw", name: "aruba"},↵{code: "au", name: "australia"},↵{code: "at", name: "austria"},↵{code: "az", name: "azerbaijan"},↵{code: "bs", name: "bahamas"},↵{code: "bh", name: "bahrain"},↵{code: "bd", name: "bangladesh"},↵{code: "bb", name: "barbados"},↵{code: "by", name: "belarus"},↵{code: "be", name: "belgium"},↵{code: "bz", name: "belize"},↵{code: "bj", name: "benin"},↵{code: "bm", name: "bermuda"},↵{code: "bt", name: "bhutan"},↵{code: "bo", name: "bolivia"},↵{code: "ba", name: "bosnia , herzegovina"},↵{code: "bw", name: "botswana"},↵{code: "bv", name: "bouvet island"},↵{code: "br", name: "brazil"},↵{code: "io", name: "british indian ocean territory"},↵{code: "bn", name: "brunei darussalam"},↵{code: "bg", name: "bulgaria"},↵{code: "bf", name: "burkina faso"},↵{code: "bi", name: "burundi"},↵{code: "kh", name: "cambodia"},↵{code: "cm", name: "cameroon"},↵{code: "ca", name: "canada"},↵{code: "cv", name: "cape verde"},↵{code: "ky", name: "cayman islands"},↵{code: "cf", name: "central african republic"},↵{code: "td", name: "chad"},↵{code: "cl", name: "chile"},↵{code: "cn", name: "china"},↵{code: "cx", name: "christmas island"},↵{code: "cc", name: "cocos (keeling) islands"},↵{code: "co", name: "colombia"},↵{code: "km", name: "comoros"},↵{code: "cg", name: "congo"},↵{code: "cd", name: "congo, democratic republic of the"},↵{code: "ck", name: "cook islands"},↵{code: "cr", name: "costa rica"},↵{code: "ci", name: "côte d'ivoire"},↵{code: "hr", name: "croatia"},↵{code: "cu", name: "cuba"},↵{code: "cy", name: "cyprus"},↵{code: "cz", name: "czech republic"},↵{code: "dk", name: "denmark"},↵{code: "dj", name: "djibouti"},↵{code: "dm", name: "dominica"},↵{code: "do", name: "dominican republic"},↵{code: "ec", name: "ecuador"},↵{code: "eg", name: "egypt"},↵{code: "sv", name: "el salvador"},↵{code: "gq", name: "equatorial guinea"},↵{code: "er", name: "eritrea"},↵{code: "ee", name: "estonia"},↵{code: "et", name: "ethiopia"},↵{code: "fk", name: "falkland islands (malvinas)"},↵{code: "fo", name: "faroe islands"},↵{code: "fj", name: "fiji"},↵{code: "fi", name: "finland"},↵{code: "fr", name: "france"},↵{code: "gf", name: "french guiana"},↵{code: "pf", name: "french polynesia"},↵{code: "tf", name: "french southern territories"},↵{code: "ga", name: "gabon"},↵{code: "gm", name: "gambia"},↵{code: "ge", name: "georgia"},↵{code: "de", name: "germany"},↵{code: "gh", name: "ghana"},↵{code: "gi", name: "gibraltar"},↵{code: "gr", name: "greece"},↵{code: "gl", name: "greenland"},↵{code: "gd", name: "grenada"},↵{code: "gp", name: "guadeloupe"},↵{code: "gu", name: "guam"},↵{code: "gt", name: "guatemala"},↵{code: "gg", name: "guernsey"},↵{code: "gn", name: "guinea"},↵{code: "gw", name: "guinea-bissau"},↵{code: "gy", name: "guyana"},↵{code: "ht", name: "haiti"},↵{code: "hm", name: "heard island , mcdonald islands"},↵{code: "va", name: "holy see (vatican city state)"},↵{code: "hn", name: "honduras"},↵{code: "hk", name: "hong kong"},↵{code: "hu", name: "hungary"},↵{code: "is", name: "iceland"},↵{code: "in", name: "india"},↵{code: "id", name: "indonesia"},↵{code: "ir", name: "iran, islamic republic of"},↵{code: "iq", name: "iraq"},↵{code: "ie", name: "ireland"},↵{code: "im", name: "isle of man"},↵{code: "il", name: "israel"},↵{code: "it", name: "italy"},↵{code: "jm", name: "jamaica"},↵{code: "jp", name: "japan"},↵{code: "je", name: "jersey"},↵{code: "jo", name: "jordan"},↵{code: "kz", name: "kazakhstan"},↵{code: "ke", name: "kenya"},↵{code: "ki", name: "kiribati"},↵{code: "kp", name: "korea, democratic people's republic of"},↵{code: "kr", name: "korea, republic of"},↵{code: "kw", name: "kuwait"},↵{code: "kg", name: "kyrgyzstan"},↵{code: "la", name: "lao people's democratic republic"},↵{code: "lv", name: "latvia"},↵{code: "lb", name: "lebanon"},↵{code: "ls", name: "lesotho"},↵{code: "lr", name: "liberia"},↵{code: "ly", name: "libyan arab jamahiriya"},↵{code: "li", name: "liechtenstein"},↵{code: "lt", name: "lithuania"},↵{code: "lu", name: "luxembourg"},↵{code: "mo", name: "macao"},↵{code: "mk", name: "macedonia, former yugoslav republic of"},↵{code: "mg", name: "madagascar"},↵{code: "mw", name: "malawi"},↵{code: "my", name: "malaysia"},↵{code: "mv", name: "maldives"},↵{code: "ml", name: "mali"},↵{code: "mt", name: "malta"},↵{code: "mh", name: "marshall islands"},↵{code: "mq", name: "martinique"},↵{code: "mr", name: "mauritania"},↵{code: "mu", name: "mauritius"},↵{code: "yt", name: "mayotte"},↵{code: "mx", name: "mexico"},↵{code: "fm", name: "micronesia, federated states of"},↵{code: "md", name: "moldova"},↵{code: "mc", name: "monaco"},↵{code: "mn", name: "mongolia"},↵{code: "me", name: "montenegro"},↵{code: "ms", name: "montserrat"},↵{code: "ma", name: "morocco"},↵{code: "mz", name: "mozambique"},↵{code: "mm", name: "myanmar"},↵{code: "na", name: "namibia"},↵{code: "nr", name: "nauru"},↵{code: "np", name: "nepal"},↵{code: "nl", name: "netherlands"},↵{code: "an", name: "netherlands antilles"},↵{code: "nc", name: "new caledonia"},↵{code: "nz", name: "new zealand"},↵{code: "ni", name: "nicaragua"},↵{code: "ne", name: "niger"},↵{code: "ng", name: "nigeria"},↵{code: "nu", name: "niue"},↵{code: "nf", name: "norfolk island"},↵{code: "mp", name: "northern mariana islands"},↵{code: "no", name: "norway"},↵{code: "om", name: "oman"},↵{code: "pk", name: "pakistan"},↵{code: "pw", name: "palau"},↵{code: "ps", name: "palestinian territory, occupied"},↵{code: "pa", name: "panama"},↵{code: "pg", name: "papua new guinea"},↵{code: "py", name: "paraguay"},↵{code: "pe", name: "peru"},↵{code: "ph", name: "philippines"},↵{code: "pn", name: "pitcairn"},↵{code: "pl", name: "poland"},↵{code: "pt", name: "portugal"},↵{code: "pr", name: "puerto rico"},↵{code: "qa", name: "qatar"},↵{code: "re", name: "réunion"},↵{code: "ro", name: "romania"},↵{code: "ru", name: "russian federation"},↵{code: "rw", name: "rwanda"},↵{code: "bl", name: "saint barthélemy"},↵{code: "sh", name: "saint helena"},↵{code: "kn", name: "saint kitts , nevis"},↵{code: "lc", name: "saint lucia"},↵{code: "mf", name: "saint martin"},↵{code: "pm", name: "saint pierre , miquelon"},↵{code: "vc", name: "saint vincent , grenadines"},↵{code: "ws", name: "samoa"},↵{code: "sm", name: "san marino"},↵{code: "st", name: "sao tome , principe"},↵{code: "sa", name: "saudi arabia"},↵{code: "sn", name: "senegal"},↵{code: "rs", name: "serbia"},↵{code: "sc", name: "seychelles"},↵{code: "sl", name: "sierra leone"},↵{code: "sg", name: "singapore"},↵{code: "sk", name: "slovakia"},↵{code: "si", name: "slovenia"},↵{code: "sb", name: "solomon islands"},↵{code: "so", name: "somalia"},↵{code: "za", name: "south africa"},↵{code: "gs", name: "south georgia , south sandwich islands"},↵{code: "es", name: "spain"},↵{code: "lk", name: "sri lanka"},↵{code: "sd", name: "sudan"},↵{code: "sr", name: "suriname"},↵{code: "sj", name: "svalbard , jan mayen"},↵{code: "sz", name: "swaziland"},↵{code: "se", name: "sweden"},↵{code: "ch", name: "switzerland"},↵{code: "sy", name: "syrian arab republic"},↵{code: "tw", name: "taiwan, province of china"},↵{code: "tj", name: "tajikistan"},↵{code: "tz", name: "tanzania, united republic of"},↵{code: "th", name: "thailand"},↵{code: "tl", name: "timor-leste"},↵{code: "tg", name: "togo"},↵{code: "tk", name: "tokelau"},↵{code: "to", name: "tonga"},↵{code: "tt", name: "trinidad , tobago"},↵{code: "tn", name: "tunisia"},↵{code: "tr", name: "turkey"},↵{code: "tm", name: "turkmenistan"},↵{code: "tc", name: "turks , caicos islands"},↵{code: "tv", name: "tuvalu"},↵{code: "ug", name: "uganda"},↵{code: "ua", name: "ukraine"},↵{code: "ae", name: "united arab emirates"},↵{code: "gb", name: "united kingdom"},↵{code: "us", name: "united states"},↵{code: "um", name: "united states minor outlying islands"},↵{code: "uy", name: "uruguay"},↵{code: "uz", name: "uzbekistan"},↵{code: "vu", name: "vanuatu"},↵{code: "ve", name: "venezuela"},↵{code: "vn", name: "viet nam"},↵{code: "vg", name: "virgin islands, british"},↵{code: "vi", name: "virgin islands, u.s."},↵{code: "wf", name: "wallis , futuna"},↵{code: "eh", name: "western sahara"},↵{code: "ye", name: "yemen"},↵{code: "zm", name: "zambia"},↵{code: "zw", name: "zimbabwe"}↵];"         setrequestheader         :         ƒ (a,b)         state         :         ƒ ()         status         :         200         statuscode         :         ƒ (a)         statustext         :         "ok"         success         :         ƒ ()                 :         ƒ ()         __proto__         :         object 

here's alternative: since country list static , contained in .js file declares variable, can included in page in normal way, without need ajax:

<select id="country"></select> <script type="javascript" language="text/javascript" src="/js/countrycodes.js"></script> <script> //use countries variable declared in countrycodes script file. $.each(countries, function(i, value) {   $('#country').append($('<option>').text(value.code).attr('value', value.name)); }); </script>