Getting AJAX response body for use in error callback

Question

jQuery\'s AJAX error function has the following parameters:

error(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown)

What\'s the best cross-browser w

Answer 1

For a more recent and general answer (since jquery 1.5), I'd use the jqXHR object:

$.ajax(url).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    alert(jqXHR.responseText);
})

Alternatively responseJSON can be used to get the response body already parsed

$.ajax(url).fail(function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
    console.log(jqXHR.responseJSON);
})