jQuery - ajaxSend( callback ) Method

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Description

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

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

$(document).ajaxSend( 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 the callback.

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.

<html>

   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
			
            /* Global variable */
            var count = 0;
				
            $("#driver").click(function(event){
               $('#stage0').load('result.html');
            });
				
            /* Gets called when request starts */
            $(document).ajaxStart(function(){
               count++;
               $("#stage1").html("<h1>Starts, Count :" + count + "</h1>");
            });

            /* Gets called when request is sent */
            $(document).ajaxSend(function(evt, req, set){
               count++;
               $("#stage2").html("<h1>Sends, Count :" + count + "</h1>");
               $("#stage2").append("<h1>URL :" + set.url  + "</h1>");
            });
				
            /* Gets called when request complete */
            $(document).ajaxComplete(function(event,request,settings){
               count++;
               $("#stage3").html("<h1>Completes, Count :" + count + "</h1>");
            });
				
         });
      </script>
   </head>
	
   <body>
	
      <p>Click on the button to load result.html file:</p>
		
      <div id = "stage0" style = "background-color:blue;">
         STAGE - 0
      </div>
		
      <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

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