Detect the Internet connection is offline?

Question

How to detect the Internet connection is offline in JavaScript?

Answer 1

request head in request error

$.ajax({
    url: /your_url,
    type: "POST or GET",
    data: your_data,
    success: function(result){
      //do stuff
    },
    error: function(xhr, status, error) {

      //detect if user is online and avoid the use of async
        $.ajax({
            type: "HEAD",
            url: document.location.pathname,
            error: function() { 
              //user is offline, do stuff
              console.log("you are offline"); 
              }
         });
    }   
});