Async false for shorthand AJAX get request

Question

I am using the following ajax get function to check the status of a user. Is it possible to set async: false with this shorthand method? If not how can this be

Answer 1

Use jQuery.ajaxSetup({async:false}); because $.get() is Jquery shorthand method with syntax jQuery.get( url [, data ] [, success ] [, dataType ] ) and to make changes to setting there is jQuery.get( [settings ] )