I don't get it

[PhillipSenn]

I didn't see any type="remote" functions.
What's this thing do again?

[wellercs]

This returns a response object. For remote API requests, it's recommended to go through a proxy service. The base proxy service would have remote access and it would extend this response object. You could have other remote objects but they also would extend the base proxy service. Ben Nadel has some great articles discussing this. I hope that helps. If you have further questions, feel free to DM me on Twitter. My Twitter handle is the same as my username here.

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1564-Ask-Ben-Accessing-Cached-CFCs-With-AJAX-via-Remote-Proxies.htm

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1567-Handling-Remote-API-Errors-With-Application-cfc-s-OnError-Event-Method.htm

http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1515-Ask-Ben-Building-An-AJAX-jQuery-And-ColdFusion-Powered-Application.htm