I am trying to highlight days in a Zabuto calendar with data that I get from an Ajax response, but I keep getting a Syntax error, unrecognized expression on the returned data.
I'm using jquery-3.2.1 and Zabuto Calendar to display the days.
The response data:.
[
    {"date":"2018-03-26","badge":false,"title":"Example 1"},
    {"date":"2018-03-28","badge":false,"title":"Example 2"}
]
What I've tried
    var eventData = "";
    var eventsDataUrl = "my_url"; 
    $.get(eventsDataUrl, function (returnEventData) {                           
        eventData = returnEventData;            
    }); 
    $("#events-calendar").zabuto_calendar({             
        data: eventData,
        today: true,                
        show_days: true,
        nav_icon: {
          prev: '<i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i>',
          next: '<i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>'
        }
    });
