Javascript - AJAX request inside loops

Question

I\'m using jQuery to send an AJAX request, retrieving data from a server.

That data is then appended to an element. This should happen 5 times, but it will always ha

Answer 1

You can use ES6 async/await Promises like this

function fromServer(){
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     $.ajax({
        url:'http://whisperingforest.org/js/getQuote.php',
        async: false,
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        success:function(data){
             resolve(data)
        }
    });
  })
}
var totalQuotes = 0;
async function domManipulation(){
    while (counter < 6) {
        var data = await fromServer();
        $('.quoteList').append('<li>' + data +'</li>');
        totalQuotes++;
    }
}

domManipulation()

JSFIDDLE

Answer 2

Very interesting methods provided by jQuery when you are executing loops of asyncroniouse request and detect all ajax request completed or not. It is possible by using

var users=["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h"];

var async_request=[];
var responses=[];
for(i in users)
{
    // you can push  any aysnc method handler
    async_request.push($.ajax({
        url:'', // your url
        method:'post', // method GET or POST
        data:{user_name: users[i]},
        success: function(data){
            console.log('success of ajax response')
            responses.push(data);
        }
    }));
}


$.when.apply(null, async_request).done( function(){
    // all done
    console.log('all request completed')
    console.log(responses);
});

Here $.when provides a way to execute callback functions based on zero or more objects, usually Deferred objects that represent asynchronous events.

apply() converts array elements as different arguments in function

$.done is call function after all async. request are completed.

Answer 3

Don't do it synchronously. Use the callback. Here is a demo for you: http://jsfiddle.net/y45Lfupw/4/

<ul class="quoteList"></ul>
<input type="button" onclick="getData();" value="Go Get It!">

<script>
var counter = 0;

window.getData=function()
{
    /* This IF block has nothing to do with the OP. It just resets everything so the demo can be ran more than once. */
    if (counter===5) {
        $('.quoteList').empty();
        counter = 0;
    }

    $.ajax({
        /* The whisperingforest.org URL is not longer valid, I found a new one that is similar... */
        url:'http://quotes.stormconsultancy.co.uk/random.json',
        async: true,
        dataType: 'jsonp',
        success:function(data){
            $('.quoteList').append('<li>' + data.quote +'</li>');
            counter++;
            if (counter < 5) getData();
        }
    });
}
</script>

Setting async to false blocks the main thread (responsible for executing JavaScript, rendering the screen, etc) and waits for the XHR to complete.

This is almost always a terrible idea. Users don't like unresponsive UIs. (https://stackoverflow.com/a/20209180/3112803)

Just search stackoverflow for ajax async: false and you will find MANY good explanations on this. Everyone will discourage you from using async:false. Here's is a great explanation: https://stackoverflow.com/a/14220323/3112803