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HTML

<div class="portalControls">

  <button class="syncButton">Get</button>
</div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  $(".portalControls").find(".syncButton").click(triggerSync);
});
var root = 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com';

function triggerSync(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: root + '/posts/1',
    dataType: "text",
    success: writeToConsole,
    error: writeToConsole
  });

}

function writeToConsole(consoleText) {
  alert(consoleText);

}