JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

JavaScript

var a; 
function fetch_data(){
       $.ajax({
              url: "http://echo.jsontest.com/key/value/one/two",
              cache: false,
              dataType: "json",
              type: "GET",
              data: {
                     //datapoint: '(' + response1.d.PointOfContactId + ')'
              },
              success:function(data){

                  return data
                  
              }
       });
}
 
$(document).ready(function(){
    
       a = fetch_data(); 
       console.log(typeof(a));
       console.log(a);
});