jQuery - ajaxStart( callback ) Method

Description

The ajaxStart( callback ) method attaches a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request begins and there is none already active. This is an Ajax Event.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

$(document).ajaxStart( callback )

Parameters

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

callback − The function to execute.

Example

Assuming we have following HTML content in result.html file −

<h1>THIS IS RESULT...</h1>

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() {
            /* Global variable */
            var count = 0;

            $("#driver").click(function(event){
               $('#stage1').load('result.html');
            });
				
            /* Gets called when request starts */
				
            $(document).ajaxStart(function(){
               count++;
               $("#stage2").html("<h1>Starts, Count :" + count + "</h1>");
            });
				
            /* Gets called when request complete */
            $(document).ajaxComplete(function(event,request,set){
               count++;
               $("#stage3").html("<h1>Completes,Count:" + count + "</h1>");
            });
				
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <p>Click on the button to load result.html file:</p>
		
      <div id = "stage1" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 1
      </div>
		
      <div id = "stage2" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 2
      </div>
		
      <div id = "stage3" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 3
      </div>
		
      <input type = "button" id = "driver" value = "Load Data" />
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-ajax.htm