The required parameters in an Ajax error
function are jqXHR, exception
and you can use it like below:
$.ajax({
url: 'some_unknown_page.html',
success: function (response) {
$('#post').html(response.responseText);
},
error: function (jqXHR, exception) {
var msg = '';
if (jqXHR.status === 0) {
msg = 'Not connect.\n Verify Network.';
} else if (jqXHR.status == 404) {
msg = 'Requested page not found. [404]';
} else if (jqXHR.status == 500) {
msg = 'Internal Server Error [500].';
} else if (exception === 'parsererror') {
msg = 'Requested JSON parse failed.';
} else if (exception === 'timeout') {
msg = 'Time out error.';
} else if (exception === 'abort') {
msg = 'Ajax request aborted.';
} else {
msg = 'Uncaught Error.\n' + jqXHR.responseText;
}
$('#post').html(msg);
},
});
jqXHR:
Its actually an error object which is looks like this
You can also view this in your own browser console, by using console.log
inside the error
function like:
error: function (jqXHR, exception) {
console.log(jqXHR);
// Your error handling logic here..
}
We are using the status
property from this object to get the error code, like if we get status = 404 this means that requested page could not be found. It doesn't exists at all. Based on that status code we can redirect users to login page or whatever our business logic requires.
exception:
This is string variable which shows the exception type. So, if we are getting 404 error, exception
text would be simply 'error'. Similarly, we might get 'timeout', 'abort' as other exception texts.
Deprecation Notice: The
jqXHR.success()
,jqXHR.error()
, andjqXHR.complete()
callbacks are deprecated as of jQuery 1.8. To prepare your code for their eventual removal, usejqXHR.done()
,jqXHR.fail()
, andjqXHR.always()
instead.
So, in case you are using jQuery 1.8 or above we will need to update the success and error function logic like:-
// Assign handlers immediately after making the request,
// and remember the jqXHR object for this request
var jqxhr = $.ajax("some_unknown_page.html")
.done(function (response) {
// success logic here
$('#post').html(response.responseText);
})
.fail(function (jqXHR, exception) {
// Our error logic here
var msg = '';
if (jqXHR.status === 0) {
msg = 'Not connect.\n Verify Network.';
} else if (jqXHR.status == 404) {
msg = 'Requested page not found. [404]';
} else if (jqXHR.status == 500) {
msg = 'Internal Server Error [500].';
} else if (exception === 'parsererror') {
msg = 'Requested JSON parse failed.';
} else if (exception === 'timeout') {
msg = 'Time out error.';
} else if (exception === 'abort') {
msg = 'Ajax request aborted.';
} else {
msg = 'Uncaught Error.\n' + jqXHR.responseText;
}
$('#post').html(msg);
})
.always(function () {
alert("complete");
});
Hope it helps!