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jQuery AJAX custom function and custom callback?


Heylow everyone!

I have an ajax() call like so:

$.ajax({
  type: "post",
  url: "whatever.php",
  data: {
    theData: "moo moo"
  },
  success: function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  }
});

Is it possible to wrap this inside a custom function but retain the callback?
Something like:

function customAjax(u, d, theCallbackStuff) {
  $.ajax({
    type: "post",
    url: u,
    data: d,
    success: function(data) {
      //RUN theCallbackStuff
    }
  });
}

theCallbackStuff will be something like:

var m = 1;
var n = 2;
alert(m + n + data);

Solution

  • EDIT:

    Got a recent upvote for this and I feel compelled to state that I would no longer do it this way. $.ajax returns a promise so you can do pretty much what i just did here in a more consistent and robust way using the promise directly.

    function customRequest(u,d) {
       var promise = $.ajax({
         type: 'post',
         data: d,
         url: u
       })
       .done(function (responseData, status, xhr) {
           // preconfigured logic for success
       })
       .fail(function (xhr, status, err) {
          //predetermined logic for unsuccessful request
       });
    
       return promise;
    }
    

    Then usage looks like:

    // using `done` which will add the callback to the stack 
    // to be run when the promise is resolved
    customRequest('whatever.php', {'somekey': 'somevalue'}).done(function (data) {
       var n = 1,
           m = 2;
    
       alert(m + n + data);
    });
    
    // using fail which will add the callback to the stack 
    // to be run when the promise is rejected
    customRequest('whatever.php', {'somekey': 'somevalue'}).fail(function (xhr, status, err) {
       console.log(status, err);
    });
    
    // using then which will add callabcks to the 
    // success AND failure stacks respectively when 
    // the request is resolved/rejected
    customRequest('whatever.php', {'somekey': 'somevalue'}).then(
      function (data) {
         var n = 1,
             m = 2;
    
         alert(m + n + data);
      },
      function (xhr, status, err) {
         console.log(status, err);
      });
    

    Sure i do this all the time. You can either execute the callback within the actual success callack or you can assign the callback as the success callback:

    function customRequest(u,d,callback) {
       $.ajax({
         type: "post",
         url: u,
         data:d,
         success: function(data) {
            console.log(data); // predefined logic if any
    
            if(typeof callback == 'function') {
               callback(data);
            }
         }
      });
    }
    

    Usage would look something like:

    customRequest('whatever.php', {'somekey': 'somevalue'}, function (data) {
       var n = 1,
           m = 2;
    
       alert(m + n + data);
    });