function sendChat(message) { var ip; $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "http://jsonip.appspot.com/?callback=?", dataType: "jsonp", success: function(getip) { var data = '{"name":"'+getip.ip+'","message":"'+message+'"}'; $.ajax({ type: 'POST', url: '/up/sendmessage', data: data, dataType: 'json', success: function(response) { //handle response } }); } }); } //curl -d '{"name":"Nickname","message":"Hello"}' http://localhost:8123/up/sendmessage