Reinitialize Slick js after successful ajax call

Question

I am using Slick for a carousel implementation and everything works fine when the pages loads.What I am trying to achieve is that when i make an Ajax call to retrieve new data I still want the slick carousel implementation, at the moment i lose it.

I have put the call for slick into a function

function slickCarousel() {
  $('.skills_section').slick({
    infinite: true,
    slidesToShow: 3,
    slidesToScroll: 1
  });
}

and then I call the function within my success callback

$.ajax({
    type: 'get',
    url: '/public/index',
    dataType: 'script',
    data: data_send,
      success: function() {
        slickCarousel();
      }
   });

But the function isn't being called. How can I reinitialize this js?

Answer 1

You should use the unslick method:

function getSliderSettings(){
  return {
    infinite: true,
    slidesToShow: 3,
    slidesToScroll: 1
  }
}

$.ajax({
  type: 'get',
  url: '/public/index',
  dataType: 'script',
  data: data_send,
  success: function() {
    $('.skills_section').slick('unslick'); /* ONLY remove the classes and handlers added on initialize */
    $('.my-slide').remove(); /* Remove current slides elements, in case that you want to show new slides. */
    $('.skills_section').slick(getSliderSettings()); /* Initialize the slick again */
  }
});

Answer 2

The best way is you should destroy the slick slider after reinitializing it.

function slickCarousel() {
  $('.skills_section').slick({
    infinite: true,
    slidesToShow: 3,
    slidesToScroll: 1
  });
}
function destroyCarousel() {
  if ($('.skills_section').hasClass('slick-initialized')) {
    $('.skills_section').slick('destroy');
  }      
}

$.ajax({
  type: 'get',
  url: '/public/index',
  dataType: 'script',
  data: data_send,
  success: function() {
    destroyCarousel()
    slickCarousel();
  }
});

Answer 3

$('#slick-slider').slick('refresh'); //Working for slick 1.8.1