How to return value when AJAX request is succeeded [duplicate]

Question

   function ajaxRefresh(actionUrl) {
        $.ajax({
        url: actionUrl,
        success: function() {
             return true;
        }});
        return false;
    }

The function anyway returns false even when a request is succeeded, becouse the request is asynchronous. How I can return true when request is succeeded?

Answer 1

You should set parameter async to false. Try this code:

function ajaxRefresh(actionUrl) {
    var succeed = false;

    $.ajax({
    async: false,
    url: actionUrl,
    success: function() {
         succeed = true;
    }});

    return succeed;
}