Extending jQuery ajax success globally

Question

I\'m trying to create a global handler that gets called before the ajax success callback. I do a lot of ajax calls with my app, and if it is an error I return a specific st

Answer 1

This solution transparently adds a custom success handler to every $.ajax() call using the duck punching technique

(function() {
    var _oldAjax = $.ajax;
    $.ajax = function(options) {
        $.extend(options, {
            success: function() {
                // do your stuff
            }
        });
        return _oldAjax(options);
     };
})();