Possible to make AJAX call that doesn't return?

Question

Is it possible to send an jQuery.ajax call or equivalent without any sort of response? I want to trigger something on the server as I leave the page with the onbeforeunload

Answer 1

If you are trying to return a response as soon as possible I think that is more of a server architecture decision. You can offload the actual work the request involves to a broker or something so you can return to the user as soon as possible? I don't think sending just a one way message is feasible