AJAX with loop filtering categories

I’ve been researching on how to make my loop with AJAX. I found some codes online and modified some parts but I can’t seem to get it to work.

This is my code for the loop:

<article id="main" class="five seventh padded">
<?php

$categories = get_categories(); ?>

<ul id="category-menu">
    <?php foreach ( $categories as $cat ) { ?>
    <li id="cat-<?php echo $cat->term_id; ?>"><a class="<?php echo $cat->slug; ?> ajax" onclick="cat_ajax_get('<?php echo $cat->term_id; ?>');" href="#"><?php echo $cat->name; ?></a></li>

    <?php } ?>
</ul>
<div id="loading-animation" style="display: none;"><img src="<?php echo admin_url ( 'images/loading-publish.gif' ); ?>"/></div>
<div id="category-post-content">
    <?php add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_load-filter', 'prefix_load_cat_posts' );
        add_action( 'wp_ajax_load-filter', 'prefix_load_cat_posts' );
        function prefix_load_cat_posts () {
            $cat_id = $_POST[ 'cat' ];
                 $args = array (
                'cat' => $cat_id,
                'posts_per_page' => 10,
                'order' => 'DESC'

            );

            $posts = get_posts( $args );

            ob_start ();

            foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
            setup_post_data( $post ); ?>


<article class="post">
    <!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    <!-- Display the date (November 16th, 2009 format) and a link to other posts by this posts author. -->
    <div class="row pad-bottom">
    <!-- Display a comma separated list of the Post's Categories. -->
    <small class="postmetadata pull-left"><?php the_category(', '); ?></small>
    <small class="date pull-left"> Posted by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></small>

    </div>
    <!-- Display the Post's content in a div box. -->
    <article id="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read More here...'); ?>
    </article>
</article> <!-- closes the first div box -->
<!-- Stop The Loop (but note the "else:" - see next line). -->
 <?php } wp_reset_postdata();

       $response = ob_get_contents();
       ob_end_clean();

       echo $response;
       die(1);
       }
       ?>

</div>
<script>
function cat_ajax_get(catID) {
    jQuery("a.ajax").removeClass("current");
    jQuery("a.ajax").addClass("current"); //adds class current to the category menu item being displayed so you can style it with css
    jQuery("#loading-animation-2").show();
    var ajaxurl = 'http://localhost/united/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
    jQuery.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: ajaxurl,
        data: {"action": "load-filter", cat: catID },
        success: function(data) {
            console.log(data);
        }
    });
}
</script>


</article>

For some reason I do not get anything back when I click on a category. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Update:
It works now. For future comers its this:
In functions.php

<?php add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_load-filter', 'prefix_load_cat_posts' );
        add_action( 'wp_ajax_load-filter', 'prefix_load_cat_posts' );
        function prefix_load_cat_posts () {
            $cat_id = $_POST[ 'cat' ];
                 $args = array (
                'cat' => $cat_id,
                'posts_per_page' => 10,
                'order' => 'DESC'

            );

            $posts = get_posts( $args );
                    global $post;

            ob_start ();

            foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
            setup_postdata( $post ); ?>


<article class="post">
    <!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->
    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    <!-- Display the date (November 16th, 2009 format) and a link to other posts by this posts author. -->
    <div class="row pad-bottom">
    <!-- Display a comma separated list of the Post's Categories. -->
    <small class="postmetadata pull-left"><?php the_category(', '); ?></small>
    <small class="date pull-left"> Posted by <?php the_author_posts_link() ?> on <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?></small>

    </div>
    <!-- Display the Post's content in a div box. -->
    <article id="entry">
        <?php the_content('Read More here...'); ?>
    </article>
</article> <!-- closes the first div box -->
<!-- Stop The Loop (but note the "else:" - see next line). -->
 <?php } wp_reset_postdata();

       $response = ob_get_contents();
       ob_end_clean();

       echo $response;
       die(1);
       }
       ?>

in your theme file:

<article id="main" class="five seventh padded">
<?php

$categories = get_categories(); ?>

<ul id="category-menu">
    <?php foreach ( $categories as $cat ) { ?>
    <li id="cat-<?php echo $cat->term_id; ?>"><a class="<?php echo $cat->slug; ?> ajax" onclick="cat_ajax_get('<?php echo $cat->term_id; ?>');" href="#"><?php echo $cat->name; ?></a></li>

    <?php } ?>
</ul>
<div id="loading-animation" style="display: none;"><img src="<?php echo admin_url ( 'images/loading-publish.gif' ); ?>"/></div>
<div id="category-post-content">


</div>
<script>
function cat_ajax_get(catID) {
    jQuery("a.ajax").removeClass("current");
    jQuery("a.ajax").addClass("current"); //adds class current to the category menu item being displayed so you can style it with css
    jQuery("#loading-animation-2").show();
    var ajaxurl = 'http://localhost/united/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
    jQuery.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: ajaxurl,
        data: {"action": "load-filter", cat: catID },
        success: function(response) {
            jQuery("#category-post-content").html(response);
            jQuery("#loading-animation").hide();
            return false;
        }
    });
}
</script>


</article>