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user3259040
user3259040

Reputation: 155

jquery ajax : what is the actual request sent?

What is the actual url sent to the server when I use the jquery ajax? And how do I access that value? For example, consider the following code:

<script>
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
dataType: "json",
url: "response.php",
data: {name:'Smith',age:10},
success: function(data) {
    ...
}
beforeSend: function(){
    console.log(url); 
    // what do I put here to see what is being sent
    // I am expecting to see "response.php?name=Smith&age=10"
}
...

So essentially what variable holds "response.php?name=Smith&age=10".

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 79

Answers (2)

Ben Grimm
Ben Grimm

Reputation: 4371

The settings object is fully populated when beforeSend is called: 

beforeSend: function(jqXHR, settings) {
   console.log(settings.url);
   console.log(settings.data);  
}

$.ajax({ type: "POST", ... }) will log

response.php
name=Smith&age=10

and type: "GET"

response.php?name=Smith&age=10
undefined

Upvotes: 1

spender
spender

Reputation: 120450

No variable holds 

response.php?name=Smith&age=10

because you aren't sending the data as a query string. This would happen if you issued a GET request, but doesn't with a POST request.

You're sending the data in the request body of an HTTP post. The data is the data that you assigned to the data parameter. You don't need to round-trip it through jQuery's ajax methods. You've got it already. It's:

{name:'Smith',age:10}

does jQuery's interpretation of your data really matter?

Upvotes: 2

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