HTML5 Canvas - Transferring MySQL data

I want to transfer data to and from a MySQL database.  

Normally I would do this via JQiuery AJAX and use PHP scripts and MySQL queries.

$.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "scripts/some_script.php",
        data: {
            data: some_data,
        },
        success: function(data) {
          //do stuff
        }
    });

Can I do this in Animate with JavaScript?

If so, how exactly?  I assume I would need to add the JQuery framework...