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GDaquila
GDaquila

Reputation: 131

Run an Ajax request on a URL blocked for detecting Adblocker (Ghostery)

I need some simple code for detecting a blocked url.

SethWhite has said: You could also try to run an ajax request on a URL blocked by an adblocker. If it succeeds, there's no adblocker, if it fails, there's an adblocker.

I can use microajax to do this in the following way:

microAjax("/resource/url", function (res) {
  alert (res);
});

How I can call window.open if the request does not succeed?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2778

Answers (1)

SethWhite
SethWhite

Reputation: 1977

For microAjax, look up its documentation. I'd imagine in the response you can find the response code. If the code is 200 it's a success, and you can run window.open(). Otherwise, the request is likely being blocked.

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if(request.readyState === 4 && request.status === 200 ) {
        console.log('No blocker');
    }
    else if(request.readyState === 4 && request.status === 0){
        console.log('Blocker exists');
    }
};

request.open("GET","pathTo/ads.html");
request.send();

This uses a local URL; I initially thought using external URLs was a good idea, but if they're made invalid by their owners you'll get false positives.

I tested this using Adblock Plus and it works. If this is a URL blocked by Ghostery, it should work as well; otherwise, you can try different URLs to see what's blocked.

You could also do this with jQuery's $.ajax function, but I gravitate towards vanilla JavaScript.

Upvotes: 2

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