How to handle jQuery ajax post error when navigating away from a page

Question

Is there a way to handle the error from an ajax request within JQuery such that when the user navigates away from the page, the resulting error is ignored?

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Answer 1

I've had to handle this issue too a couple of times.

I'd recommend binding to the $(window).unload event, setting some variable somewhere, such as in your namespace (App.unloading = true) and then testing it in ajax error callbacks.

See http://api.jquery.com/unload/