how to overwrite the success function via JQuery ajaxSend event

Question

I am trying to overwrite the success function upon ajaxsend event but it doesnt work here is the code:

    $(document).ajaxSend(function(event,xhr,options){
         


        

Answer 1

What you're trying to accomplish can't be done with ajaxSend. The problem is that ajaxSend apparently works with a copy of the original xhr and options objects, so the modifications won't have any effect. You can easily test this with the following code:

$(document).ajaxSend(function(event, xhr, options){
    delete options.success;
    console.log(options.success);   // undefined
});
$.ajax({
    url: "test.html",
    success: function() { console.log("this will be printed nevertheless"); }
});

So you can't use ajaxSend to overwrite the success callbacks. Instead, you will have to "hack" jQuery's AJAX function:

// closure to prevent global access to this stuff
(function(){
    // creates a new callback function that also executes the original callback
    var SuccessCallback = function(origCallback){
        return function(data, textStatus, jqXHR) {
            console.log("start");
            if (typeof origCallback === "function") {
                origCallback(data, textStatus, jqXHR);
            }
            console.log("end");
        };
    };

    // store the original AJAX function in a variable before overwriting it
    var jqAjax = $.ajax;
    $.ajax = function(settings){
        // override the callback function, then execute the original AJAX function
        settings.success = new SuccessCallback(settings.success);
        jqAjax(settings);
    };
})();

Now you can simply use $.ajax as usual:

$.ajax({
    url: "test.html",
    success: function() {
        console.log("will be printed between 'start' and 'end'");
    }
});

As far as I know, any of jQuery's AJAX functions (such as $.get() or .load()) internally use $.ajax, so this should work with every AJAX request done via jQuery (I haven't tested this though...).

---

Something like that should also work with "pure" JavaScript by hacking the XMLHttpRequest.prototype. Note that the following won't work in IE, which uses ActiveXObject instead of XMLHttpRequest.

(function(){
    // overwrite the "send" method, but keep the original implementation in a variable
    var origSend = XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send;
    XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send = function(data){
        // check if onreadystatechange property is set (which is used for callbacks)
        if (typeof this.onreadystatechange === "function") {
            // overwrite callback function
            var origOnreadystatechange = this.onreadystatechange;
            this.onreadystatechange = function(){
                if (this.readyState === 4) {
                    console.log("start");
                }
                origOnreadystatechange();
                if (this.readyState === 4) {
                    console.log("end");
                }
            };
        }
        // execute the original "send" method
        origSend.call(this, data);
    };
})();

Usage (just like a usual XMLHttpRequest):

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", "test.html", true);
xhr.onreadystatechange = function(){
    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
        console.log("will be printed between 'start' and 'end'");
    }
};
xhr.send();

Answer 2

You could use closures to accomplish what you need:

function closure(handler) {
    return function(ev, xhr, options) {
        console.log("start");
        handler(ev, xhr, options);
        console.log("stop");
    }
}

$(document).ajaxSend(closure(function(ev, xhr, options) {
    console.log("hello");
}));

Answer 3

Because the option.success is used before ajaxSend. When it was used,it was added to the Deferred Object.

After that,you change the option.success, nothing will happen.

So, you must change it before is was used. the process is:

$.ajaxPrefilter -- $.fn.ajaxStart(if needed) -- option.beforeSend -- 
USE option.success and option.error and option.complete -- 
$.ajaxTransport -- $.fn.ajaxSend -- send the actual request -- 
option.dataFilter --  fire the success/error callbacks -- 
$.fn.ajaxSuccess/$.fn.ajaxError -- fire the complete callbacks --  
$.fn.ajaxComplete -- $.fn.ajaxStop(if needed)

So, you can change the option.success in "$.ajaxPrefilter" or "option.beforeSend".