title: Binding Kendo DropDownList to a RESTFUL web service
body: <p>I have the following code for a Kendo Drop Downlist which binds to a REST end point</p>
  
  <pre><code>ddChange.kendoDropDownList({
      dataSource: {
          transport: {
              read: {
                  url: "http://localhost/Project/MyMethod",
                  dataType: "json"
              },
              parameterMap: function () {
                  return {
                      source: data.source,
                      c: data.c,
                      ch: data.ch,
                  };
              },
              schema: {
                  data: function (response) {
                      return $.parseJSON(response);
                  }
              }
          }
      },
      dataTextField: "name",
      dataValueField: "id",
      change: ddChange
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Everything is seemingly working, except the end part. The call to <code>http://localhost/Project/MyMethod?source=1&amp;c=2&amp;ch=3</code> is occuring, I can see it happening and returning correct data, however, the <code>return $.parseJSON(response);</code> from <code>schema &gt; data</code> is not so my drop down just contains many undefined entries because I am left with a string that still needs to be parsed to an array.</p>
  
  <p>Doing this works for the Kendo Grid, should it work for the drop down list? Am I missing something?</p>