datatype in post code example

Example 1: jquery ajax post

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: url,
  data: data,
  success: success,
  dataType: dataType
});

Example 2: $post in jquery

$(function(){
    $('#myForm').on('submit', function(e){
      e.preventDefault();
      $.post('http://www.somewhere.com/path/to/post', 
         $('#myForm').serialize(), 
         function(data, status, xhr){
           // do something here with response;
         });
    });
});