Stop all active ajax requests in jQuery

Question

I have a problem, when submitting a form all active ajax request fail, and that triggers error event.

How to stop all active ajax requests in jQuery without trigerri

Answer 1

Give each xhr request a unique id and store the object reference in an object before sending. Delete the reference after an xhr request completes.

To cancel all request any time:

$.ajaxQ.abortAll();

Returns the unique ids of canceled request. Only for testing purposes.

Working function:

$.ajaxQ = (function(){
  var id = 0, Q = {};

  $(document).ajaxSend(function(e, jqx){
    jqx._id = ++id;
    Q[jqx._id] = jqx;
  });
  $(document).ajaxComplete(function(e, jqx){
    delete Q[jqx._id];
  });

  return {
    abortAll: function(){
      var r = [];
      $.each(Q, function(i, jqx){
        r.push(jqx._id);
        jqx.abort();
      });
      return r;
    }
  };

})();

Returns an object with single function which can be used to add more functionality when required.

Answer 2

Just as important: say you want to log off and you are generating new requests with timers: because session data is renewed with each new bootstrap (maybe you can tell I am talking Drupal, but this could be any site that uses sessions)... I had to go through all my scripts with a search and replace, cause I had a ton of stuff running in different cases: global variables at the top:

var ajReq = [];
var canAj = true;
function abort_all(){
 for(x in ajReq){
    ajReq[x].abort();
    ajReq.splice(x, 1)
 }
 canAj = false;
}
function rmvReq(ranNum){
 var temp = [];
 var i = 0;
 for(x in ajReq){
    if(x == ranNum){
     ajReq[x].abort();
     ajReq.splice(x, 1);
    }
    i++;
 }
}
function randReqIndx(){
 if(!canAj){ return 0; }
 return Math.random()*1000;
}
function getReqIndx(){
 var ranNum;
 if(ajReq.length){
    while(!ranNum){
     ranNum = randReqIndx();
     for(x in ajReq){
    if(x===ranNum){
     ranNum = null;
    }
     }
    }
    return ranMum;
 }
 return randReqIndx();
}
$(document).ready(function(){
 $("a").each(function(){
    if($(this).attr('href').indexOf('/logout')!=-1){          
     $(this).click(function(){
    abort_all();                 
     });
    }
 })
});
// Then in all of my scripts I wrapped my ajax calls... If anyone has a suggestion for a 
    // global way to do this, please post
var reqIndx = getReqIndx();
if(reqIndx!=0){
ajReq[reqIndx] = $.post(ajax, { 'action': 'update_quantities', iids:iidstr, qtys:qtystr },  
function(data){
 //..do stuff
 rmvReq(reqIndx);
 },'json');
}

Answer 3

Throwing my hat in. Offers abort and remove methods against the xhrPool array, and is not prone to issues with ajaxSetup overrides.

/**
 * Ajax Request Pool
 * 
 * @author Oliver Nassar <onassar@gmail.com>
 * @see    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1802936/stop-all-active-ajax-requests-in-jquery
 */
jQuery.xhrPool = [];

/**
 * jQuery.xhrPool.abortAll
 * 
 * Retrieves all the outbound requests from the array (since the array is going
 * to be modified as requests are aborted), and then loops over each of them to
 * perform the abortion. Doing so will trigger the ajaxComplete event against
 * the document, which will remove the request from the pool-array.
 * 
 * @access public
 * @return void
 */
jQuery.xhrPool.abortAll = function() {
    var requests = [];
    for (var index in this) {
        if (isFinite(index) === true) {
            requests.push(this[index]);
        }
    }
    for (index in requests) {
        requests[index].abort();
    }
};

/**
 * jQuery.xhrPool.remove
 * 
 * Loops over the requests, removes it once (and if) found, and then breaks out
 * of the loop (since nothing else to do).
 * 
 * @access public
 * @param  Object jqXHR
 * @return void
 */
jQuery.xhrPool.remove = function(jqXHR) {
    for (var index in this) {
        if (this[index] === jqXHR) {
            jQuery.xhrPool.splice(index, 1);
            break;
        }
    }
};

/**
 * Below events are attached to the document rather than defined the ajaxSetup
 * to prevent possibly being overridden elsewhere (presumably by accident).
 */
$(document).ajaxSend(function(event, jqXHR, options) {
    jQuery.xhrPool.push(jqXHR);
});
$(document).ajaxComplete(function(event, jqXHR, options) {
    jQuery.xhrPool.remove(jqXHR);
});

Answer 4

Using ajaxSetup is not correct, as is noted on its doc page. It only sets up defaults, and if some requests override them there will be a mess.

I am way late to the party, but just for future reference if someone is looking for a solution to the same problem, here is my go at it, inspired by and largely identical to the previous answers, but more complete

// Automatically cancel unfinished ajax requests 
// when the user navigates elsewhere.
(function($) {
  var xhrPool = [];
  $(document).ajaxSend(function(e, jqXHR, options){
    xhrPool.push(jqXHR);
  });
  $(document).ajaxComplete(function(e, jqXHR, options) {
    xhrPool = $.grep(xhrPool, function(x){return x!=jqXHR});
  });
  var abort = function() {
    $.each(xhrPool, function(idx, jqXHR) {
      jqXHR.abort();
    });
  };

  var oldbeforeunload = window.onbeforeunload;
  window.onbeforeunload = function() {
    var r = oldbeforeunload ? oldbeforeunload() : undefined;
    if (r == undefined) {
      // only cancel requests if there is no prompt to stay on the page
      // if there is a prompt, it will likely give the requests enough time to finish
      abort();
    }
    return r;
  }
})(jQuery);

Answer 5

var Request = {
    List: [],
    AbortAll: function () {
        var _self = this;
        $.each(_self.List, (i, v) => {
            v.abort();
        });
    }
}
var settings = {
    "url": "http://localhost",
    success: function (resp) {
        console.log(resp)
    }
}

Request.List.push($.ajax(settings));

whenever you want to abort all the ajax request, you just need call this line

Request.AbortAll()

Answer 6

Here's how to hook this up on any click (useful if your page is placing many AJAX calls and you're trying to navigate away).

$ ->
    $.xhrPool = [];

$(document).ajaxSend (e, jqXHR, options) ->
    $.xhrPool.push(jqXHR)

$(document).ajaxComplete (e, jqXHR, options) ->
    $.xhrPool = $.grep($.xhrPool, (x) -> return x != jqXHR);

$(document).delegate 'a', 'click', ->
    while (request = $.xhrPool.pop())
      request.abort()