jQuery - ajaxError( callback ) Method

Description

The ajaxError( callback ) method attaches a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request fails. This is an Ajax Event.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

$(document).ajaxError( callback )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

callback − The function to execute. The XMLHttpRequest and settings used for that request are passed as arguments to this function. A third argument, an exception object, is passed if an exception occured while processing the request.

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method.

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
			
            $("#driver").click(function(event){
               /* Assume result.text does not exist. */
               $('#stage1').load('/jquery/result.text');
            });

            $(document).ajaxError(function(event, request, settings ){
               $("#stage2").html("<h1>Error in loading page.</h1>");
            });
				
         });
      </script>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p>Click on the button to load result.text file:</p>
		
      <div id = "stage1" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 1
      </div>
		
      <div id = "stage2" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 2
      </div>
		
      <input type = "button" id = "driver" value = "Load Data" />
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-ajax.htm