Get request url from xhr object

Question

Is there any way to extract the request url from an xhr object? I can see the url in firebug via the channel property but you cant query this using javascript.

Answer 1

If you are using jQuery, you can make use of the "beforeSend" function in the AJAX request to modify the jqXHR object. I.e.,

$.ajax({
...
url: "http://some/url",
beforeSend: function(jqxhr, settings) { jqxhr.requestURL = "http://some/url"; },
...
});

The jqXHR object passed to the various callbacks will then have that variable, jqXHR.requestURL, which you can access.