Automatically try AJAX request again on Fail

Question

I have seen that you can specify what to do generally if an ajax request fails, is it possible to have it try again in some sort of a loop so that it tries at least x amount

Answer 1

You can try something like this:

    var attempts;
    function doAjaxRequest() {
        attempts = 0;
        doAjaxRequestLoop();
    }

    function doAjaxRequestLoop() {
        attempts += 1;
        if (attempts > 10) {
            alert('too many attempts.');
            return;
        }

        $.ajax({ // do your request
            error: function (error) {
                doAjaxRequestLoop();
            }
        });
    }

</script>

Although I might recommend against it. If the request fails you may want to find out why it failed. What if the user lost their internet connect? Any further attempts are likely to fail again so why retry?