How to show processing animation / spinner during ajax request?

Question

I want a basic spinner or processing animation while my AJAX POST is processing. I\'m using JQuery and Python. I looked at the documentation but can\'t figure out exactly

Answer 1

The AJAX process starts when you run the $.ajax() method, and it stops when the 'complete' callback is run. So, start your processing imagery/notification right before the $.ajax() line, and end it in the 'complete' callback.

ajaxStart and ajaxStop handlers can be added to any elements, and will be called whenever ajax requests start or stop (if there are concurrent instances, start only gets called on the first one, stop on the last to go). So, it's just a different way of doing global notification if you had, for example, a status spinner somewhere on the page that represents any and all activity.