function qs(key) { key = key.replace(/[*+?^$.\[\]{}()|\\\/]/g, "\\$&"); // escape RegEx meta chars var match = location.search.match(new RegExp("[?&]"+key+"=([^&]+)(&|$)")); return match && decodeURIComponent(match[1].replace(/\+/g, " ")); } $(document).ready(function(){ // setup a function to grab the nodeStats function getNodeStats() { var uuid = qs("uuid"); var statsTableBody = ""; $.getJSON("/nodes/" + uuid + ".json", function(json){ $.each(json, function (key, value) { statsTableBody += ""; statsTableBody += "" + key + ""; statsTableBody += "" + value + ""; statsTableBody += ""; }); $('#stats-table tbody').html(statsTableBody); }); } // do the first GET on page load getNodeStats(); // grab the new assignments JSON every second var getNodeStatsInterval = setInterval(getNodeStats, 1000); });