jQuery.ajax()

Perform an asynchronous HTTP (Ajax) request.

Ajax Events

Ajax requests produce a number of different events that you can subscribe to. Here's a full list of the events and in what order they are triggered. There are two types of events: Local Events These are callbacks that you can subscribe to within the Ajax request object, like so: 1 2 3 4 5 … Continue reading →

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxSuccess()

Attach a function to be executed whenever an Ajax request completes successfully. This is an Ajax Event.

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxSend()

Attach a function to be executed before an Ajax request is sent. This is an Ajax Event.

Ajax > Shorthand Methods

jQuery.get()

Load data from the server using a HTTP GET request.

Core | Deferred Object

jQuery.when()

Provides a way to execute callback functions based on zero or more Thenable objects, usually Deferred objects that represent asynchronous events.

Ajax > Low-Level Interface

jQuery.ajaxSetup()

Set default values for future Ajax requests. Its use is not recommended.

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxStop()

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxComplete()

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxError()

Ajax > Shorthand Methods

jQuery.post()

Send data to the server using a HTTP POST request.

Ajax > Global Ajax Event Handlers

.ajaxStart()

Ajax > Shorthand Methods

jQuery.getJSON()

Load JSON-encoded data from the server using a GET HTTP request.

Ajax > Shorthand Methods

jQuery.getScript()

Load a JavaScript file from the server using a GET HTTP request, then execute it.

Ajax > Low-Level Interface

jQuery.ajaxTransport()

Creates an object that handles the actual transmission of Ajax data.

Ajax > Shorthand Methods

.load()

Load data from the server and place the returned HTML into the matched elements.

Types

This page documents data types appearing in jQuery function signatures, whether defined by JavaScript itself or further restricted by jQuery. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, jQuery functions require primitive values where applicable, and do not accept their Object-wrapped forms. If you want to study these concepts in depth, take a look at MDN. You should be … Continue reading →

Ajax > Low-Level Interface

jQuery.ajaxPrefilter()

Handle custom Ajax options or modify existing options before each request is sent and before they are processed by $.ajax().

Deferred Object

jQuery.Deferred()

A factory function that returns a chainable utility object with methods to register multiple callbacks into callback queues, invoke callback queues, and relay the success or failure state of any synchronous or asynchronous function.

Deferred Object