jQuery Ajax call - Set variable value on success [duplicate]
Since you need this behavior in the unload event, you will have to make a synchronous call instead. However it may freeze the browser window/tab dependent on how long the call will take, but because you're effectively trying to prevent the user from closing the window...
Add async: false
to your JSON to make a synchronous call.
An example of jquery page:
var html = $.ajax({
url: "some.php",
async: false
}).responseText;
Source: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/