jquery - return value using ajax result on success

Solution 1:

The trouble is that you can not return a value from an asynchronous call, like an AJAX request, and expect it to work.

The reason is that the code waiting for the response has already executed by the time the response is received.

The solution to this problem is to run the necessary code inside the success: callback. That way it is accessing the data only when it is available.

function isSession(selector) {
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '/order.html',
        data: ({ issession : 1, selector: selector }),
        dataType: "html",
        success: function(data) {
            // Run the code here that needs
            //    to access the data returned
            return data;
        },
        error: function() {
            alert('Error occured');
        }
    });
}

Another possibility (which is effectively the same thing) is to call a function inside your success: callback that passes the data when it is available.

function isSession(selector) {
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '/order.html',
        data: ({ issession : 1, selector: selector }),
        dataType: "html",
        success: function(data) {
                // Call this function on success
            someFunction( data );
            return data;
        },
        error: function() {
            alert('Error occured');
        }
    });
}

function someFunction( data ) {
    // Do something with your data
}

Solution 2:

There are many ways to get jQuery AJAX response. I am sharing with you two common approaches:

First:

use async=false and within function return ajax-object and later get response ajax-object.responseText

/**
 * jQuery ajax method with async = false, to return response
 * @param  {mix}  selector - your selector
 * @return {mix}           - your ajax response/error
 */
function isSession(selector) {
    return $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: '/order.html',
        data: {
            issession: 1,
            selector: selector
        },
        dataType: "html",
        async: !1,
        error: function() {
            alert("Error occured")
        }
    });
}
// global param
var selector = !0;
// get return ajax object
var ajaxObj = isSession(selector);
// store ajax response in var
var ajaxResponse = ajaxObj.responseText;
// check ajax response
console.log(ajaxResponse);
// your ajax callback function for success
ajaxObj.success(function(response) {
    alert(response);
});

Second:

use $.extend method and make a new function like ajax

/**
 * xResponse function
 *
 * xResponse method is made to return jQuery ajax response
 * 
 * @param  {string} url   [your url or file]
 * @param  {object} your ajax param
 * @return {mix}       [ajax response]
 */
$.extend({
    xResponse: function(url, data) {
        // local var
        var theResponse = null;
        // jQuery ajax
        $.ajax({
            url: url,
            type: 'POST',
            data: data,
            dataType: "html",
            async: false,
            success: function(respText) {
                theResponse = respText;
            }
        });
        // Return the response text
        return theResponse;
    }
});

// set ajax response in var
var xData = $.xResponse('temp.html', {issession: 1,selector: true});

// see response in console
console.log(xData);

you can make it as large as you want...