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  • Last Updated : 01 Mar, 2019
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The ajaxSend() method in jQuery is used to specify the function to be run when an AJAX request is about to send.

Syntax:

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

Parameters: This method accepts single parameter function which is mandatory. The function accepts three parameters as mentioned above and described below:

  • event: It holds the event object.
  • xhr: It holds the XMLHttpRequest object.
  • options: It holds the used options in AJAX request.

The demo.txt file stored on server and it will load after clicking the change content button.
demo.txt:

This is GFG.

Example 1: This example changes the content of <p> element, by taking the data from server. When the AJAX request is ready to send, the page says AJAX request is about to send.




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
    <head
        <script src
        </script
          
        <!-- Script to use ajaxSend() method -->
        <script
            $(document).ready(function() {
                $(document).ajaxSend(function() {
                    alert("AJAX request is about to send");
                });
                  
                $("button").click(function() {
                    $("#paragraph").load("demo.txt");
                });
            });
        </script
    </head
      
    <body style="text-align:center;"
      
        <div id="div_content"
          
            <h1 style = "color: green;">
                GeeksforGeeks
            </h1
              
            <p id = "paragraph" style= "font-size: 20px;">
                A computer science portal for geeks
            </p
        </div>
          
        <button>
            Change Content
        </button
    </body
</html>                    


Output:

  • Before click on the button:
  • After click on the button:

Example 2: This example changes the content of <h1> element, by taking the data from server. When the AJAX request is ready to send, the page says AJAX request is about to send.




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
    <head
        <script src
        </script
          
        <!-- Script to use ajaxSend() method -->
        <script
            $(document).ready(function() {
                $(document).ajaxSend(function() {
                    alert("AJAX request is about to send");
                });
                  
                $("button").click(function() {
                    $("#heading").load("demo.txt");
                });
            });
        </script
    </head
      
    <body style="text-align:center;"
      
        <div id="div_content"
          
            <h1 id = "heading" style = "color: green;">
                GeeksforGeeks
            </h1
              
            <p style= "font-size: 20px;">
                A computer science portal for geeks
            </p
        </div
          
        <button>
            Change Content
        </button
    </body
</html>                    


Output:

  • Before click on the button:
  • After click on the button:


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