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In my game I am developing I have a popup that allows you to search for your friends username to start a game. I created a service to search for the username entered in the text input box and am using the "where" parameter for the query. I am also using Javascript on the "where" parameter to return the text inputted in the text box. The problem is no matter what name I put in the search box the service is returning a "Success" and creating a new game in the game collection of the database. I have and "Error" setup on the search service to alert that the username doesn't exist, but it always returns a success and creates a new game.

Did you test the service before using it on a page and it works correctly?

Also, please use browser dev. tools to see what request is being sent and what is being returned from the server.

Ok. Yes I tested it and it functioned perfectly and that's what I used to build the response from the server for my mapping. I'll try the dev tools but its weird.

This still isn't working and I really cannot figure it out. No matter what I put in the text box it is still invoking the create game service which is only supposed to be invoked if the search returns success. I checked the dev tools and it shows it is not returning a response at all but is still invoking the create game service which is only supposed to be invoked on the success of the query.

Do you invoke the second service on first service's success event? The service might not be returning any data but it is still a success (no error has occurred). Check the request (first service) to make sure it's correct.

Yes the second service is invoked on the first service' success event. I'm not sure what to check for in the first service. Would there be a way to run a JavaScript that checks for a response and then invoke the second service?

That is exactly what is happening. It returns a success but the response is blank. I'm not sure what to do now. I only want the second service to be invoked if the username that is searched for actually exists.

Check if the response is empty.. if yes, don't invoke the service.

What would the javascript be to check a response?