Not a Legal JSONP API — How to get data without CALLBACK parameter

Not a Legal JSONP API

The API at that URL is not a legal JSONP API.

It can be gotten with a dangerous service:

app.service("dangerousAPI", function($q) {
  this.get = get;
  
  function get(funcName, url) {
    var dataDefer = $q.defer();
  
    window[funcName] = function(x) {
      dataDefer.resolve(x);
    }

    var tag = document.createElement("script");
    tag.src = url;

    document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(tag);
    
    return dataDefer.promise;
  }
})

Use at your own risk.

The DEMO

angular.module("app",[])
.service("dangerousAPI", function($q) {
  this.get = get;
  
  function get(funcName, url) {
    var dataDefer = $q.defer();
  
    window[funcName] = function(x) {
      dataDefer.resolve(x);
    }

    var tag = document.createElement("script");
    tag.src = url;

    document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(tag);
    
    return dataDefer.promise;
  }
})

.run(function($rootScope, dangerousAPI) {
    var url = "https://careers.icims.com/jobs-api/";
    dangerousAPI.get('jobs',url).then(function(data) {
      $rootScope.data = data;
    })
})
<script src="https://unpkg.com/angular/angular.js"></script>
  <body ng-app="app">
    <h1>Dangerous API DEMO</h1>
    <pre>{{data | json}}</pre>
  </body>

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