jQuery deferred object with nested ajax calls

Question

I have a situation in which my ajax calls must perform in a particular order. I have used jQuery Deferred objects in other situations, but cannot seem to find a way to make

Answer 1

You don't actually need an extra deferred object. You can do what you want by chaining with then():

function nestedAjax() {
    return $.get("/echo/json/").then(function(result1){
        console.log("First ajax done.");
        if (result1) {
            return result1;
        } else {
            return $.get("/echo/json/").then(function(nestedResult){
                console.log("Second ajax done.");
                return nestedResult;
            });
        }
    });
};

I added some logic since I think that's probably the reason you are executing this synchronously. After that you can use the result in $.when like so:

$.when(nestedAjax(), $.get("/something/else")).then(function(nested, other) {
    console.log("Complete.", nested, other);
});