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Reputation: 3389

jQuery - get AJAX response headers

How do we get access to the response headers when we fire an ajax request using jQuery? I tried with the below code as per the suggestions given in some sites. But xhr object is coming as null. I see an xhr object in this context. But it doesn't have methods to access response headers.

function SampleMethod() {
  var savedThis = this;
  this.invokeProcedure = function(procedurePath) {
    $.ajax({
      type: "GET",
      url: procedurePath,
      dataType: "json",
      success: function(data,status,xhr) savedThis.resultSetHandler(data,status,xhr);}
    });
  }

  this.resultSetHandler=function(data,status,xhrObj){
    //Handle the result
  }

  this.errorHandler = function(args) {
    //Handle the result
  }

}

var sampleObj = new SampleMethod();
sampleObj.invokeProcedure('url');

Upvotes: 52

Views: 81194

Answers (2)

sticky_elbows
sticky_elbows

Reputation: 1514

FOR JQUERY 3 AND LATER

Here is the solution that worked for me:

//I only created this function as I am making many ajax calls with different urls and appending the result to different divs
function makeAjaxCall(requestType, urlTo, resultAreaId){
  var jqxhr = $.ajax({
    type: requestType,
    url: urlTo
  });

  //this section is executed when the server responds with no error 
  jqxhr.done(function(){
  });

  //this section is executed when the server responds with error
  jqxhr.fail(function(){
  });

  //this section is always executed
  jqxhr.always(function(){
    //here is how to access the response header
    console.log("getting header " + jqxhr.getResponseHeader('testHeader'));
  });
}

Upvotes: 4

odupont
odupont

Reputation: 1976

For backward compatibility with XMLHttpRequest, a jqXHR object will expose the following properties and methods: getAllResponseHeaders() and getResponseHeader(). From the $.ajax() doc : http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

For jQuery > 1.3

success: function(res, status, xhr) { 
  alert(xhr.getResponseHeader("myHeader"));
}

Upvotes: 96

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