using beforeSend and complete with $.post?

Question

could one use the beforeSend() and complete() handlers with $.post or do you have to use $.ajax for it?

Answer 1

You have 2 options, use $.ajax() or $.ajaxSetup().

Using $.ajax():

$.ajax({   type: 'POST',   url: url,   data: data,   success: success   dataType: dataType }); 

Or, before your post run $.ajaxSetup(), but this affects all ajax requests:

$.ajaxSetup({    beforeSend: myFunc,    complete: myCompleteFunc }); 

Answer 2

This will work for complete:

var jqxhr = $.post("example.php", function() {       alert("success"); jqxhr.complete(function(){ alert("second complete"); }); 

For beforeSend, you'll have to use $.ajaxSetup before calling $.post if you don't want to use $.ajax as they said before.

Answer 3

You could use $.ajaxSetup but it will apply globally. If this doesn't fit you you should use $.ajax.