jQuery getJSON with timeout

Question

When making a call out to the yahoo web service (http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch) to return a data set, is it possible to set a timeout and exit the routine once its elapsed?

jQuery.getJSON("http://boss.yahooapis.com/ysearch/...etc",
        function (data) {
              //result set here
            });

Answer 1

 $.ajax({ 
  url: url, 
  dataType: 'json', 
  data: data, 
  success: callback, 
  timeout: 3000 //3 second timeout, 
  error: function(jqXHR, status, errorThrown){   //the status returned will be "timeout" 
     //do something 
  } 
}); 

Answer 2

You can use the timeout option

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

$.ajax({
  url: url,
  dataType: 'json',
  data: data,
  success: callback,
  timeout: 3000 //3 second timeout
});

Answer 3

    function testAjax() {
        var params = "test=123";
        var isneedtoKillAjax = true; // set this true

        // Fire the checkajaxkill method after 10 seonds
        setTimeout(function() {
            checkajaxkill();
        }, 10000); // 10 seconds                

        // For testing purpose set the sleep for 12 seconds in php page 

        var myAjaxCall = jQuery.getJSON('index2.php', params, function(data, textStatus){               
            isneedtoKillAjax = false; // set to false
            // Do your actions based on result (data OR textStatus)
        }); 

        function checkajaxkill(){

            // Check isneedtoKillAjax is true or false, 
            // if true abort the getJsonRequest

            if(isneedtoKillAjax){
                myAjaxCall.abort();
                alert('killing the ajax call');                 
            }else{
                alert('no need to kill ajax');
            }
        }
    }