using beforeSend and complete with $.post?

Question

could one use the beforeSend() and complete() handlers with $.post or do you have to use $.ajax for it?

Answer 1

This will work for complete:

var jqxhr = $.post("example.php", function() {
      alert("success");
jqxhr.complete(function(){ alert("second complete"); });

For beforeSend, you'll have to use $.ajaxSetup before calling $.post if you don't want to use $.ajax as they said before.