jquery how to check response type for ajax call

Question

How can I determine the response type of ajax call in Jquery? At times, the server sends json response and at times it sends only the html for display purposes. Right now I

Answer 1

You can simply use javascript's easy method to check the type

i.e.

if(typeof response=="object")
{
 // Response is javascript object
}
else
{
 // Response is HTML
}

If you use this method you don't have to write 2 extra parameter in the success callback.