Trying to add delay to jQuery AJAX request

Question

I am trying to delay an AJAX request so that it is sent out 2-3 seconds after the LAST keyup of an input cell.
So far I have managed to delay the requests, but after 2-3 sec

Answer 1

store the timeout in a variable, so you will be able to clear recent timeouts:

clearTimeout(window.timer);
window.timer=setTimeout(function(){ // setting the delay for each keypress
                ajaxSearchRequest($type); //runs the ajax request

        }, 3000);