Ajax request onFailure

Hi there, i am using Ajax via the Prototype Framework.
I would like to be able to monitor whether i get a response or not from request, within a certain time.
Using firebug, i can see that sometimes, the response does not come back(request indicated with red color on firebug), or takes too long to come back. On both those cases i would like to know so that i can do something about it.
I have set the onFailure callback but it never got triggered.

What can i do?

ioustinos_sarris

Asked: 2009-05-06

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aconradCommented: 2009-05-06

i found the timeout option for ajax a pretty cool thing so i did it in a pure javascript ..
maybe you can use it ...

The php scripts intentionally waits 5 seconds until it finishes.
javascript function waitforajax(seconds) is selfdescribing :)

<?
if (isset($_GET['ajax'])) {
	sleep(5);
	die();
}
 
 
?>
<a href="#" onclick="waitforajax(2);">testing timeout (waits 2 seconds)</a><Br>
<a href="#" onclick="waitforajax(6);">testing normal (waits 6 seconds)</a><Br>
 
 
<div id="started"></div>
<div id="finished"></div>
<div id="timeout"></div>
 
<script>
 
var started='';
var wait=0;
 
function doTime() {
 
 
 
	var currentDate = new Date();
	return parseFloat(currentDate.getTime())/1000;
}
 
 
function waitforajax(seconds) {
	document.getElementById('started').innerHTML = '';
	document.getElementById('finished').innerHTML = '';
	document.getElementById('timeout').innerHTML = '';
 
	started = doTime();
	wait = seconds;
	document.getElementById('started').innerHTML =  'AJAX Request started at :'+started;
 
	ajax_request('testajax.php?ajax=1','GET','','checkresponse');
}
 
function checkresponse()
{
 
	var now;
 
	now = doTime();
 
	if ((parseFloat(now)-parseFloat(started)) > wait)
	{
		document.getElementById('timeout').innerHTML =  'Timeouted after '+wait+'seconds!';
	}
	else
	{
 
 
		var iserr = false;
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
		{
			if (xmlhttp.status==200)
			{
				document.getElementById('finished').innerHTML = 'AJAX Request finished at '+now+' with http code '+ xmlhttp.status;
				var resp = xmlhttp.responseText;
 
			}
			else
			{
				alert("Problem retrieving data:" + xmlhttp.statusText)
			}
		}
		else
		{
 
		}
	}
}
 
 
 
 
/**
* XML HTTP Request. Works with in cinjuction with the specified myfunc function which checks if the request was succesfull
*
* @param string $url
* @param POST-or-GET $method
* @param urlencoded-string $data
* @param string $myfunc
*/
function ajax_request(url,method,data,myfunc)
{
 
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
		xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
		if (method=="GET")
		{
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=eval(myfunc)
			xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true)
			xmlhttp.send(null)
		}
		if (method=="POST")
		{
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=eval(myfunc)
			xmlhttp.open("POST", url, true);
			xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			xmlhttp.send(data)
		}
	}
	// code for IE
	else if (window.ActiveXObject)
	{
		xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
		if (xmlhttp)
		{
			if (method=="GET")
			{
				xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=eval(myfunc)
				xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true)
				xmlhttp.send()
			}
			if (method=="POST")
			{
				xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=eval(myfunc)
				xmlhttp.open("POST", url, true);
				xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
				xmlhttp.send(data)
			}
		}
	}
}
 
 
</script>

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ioustinos_sarrisAuthor Commented: 2009-05-07

As far as i understand with this script you check how much time has passed since you sent the request. This is usefull indeed.
But how can you check whether or not you got the reponse or not?
My main problem is with calls that respond with 302 or with calls which dont respond at all (indicated with red on firebug console).
Moreover i would not like to change my code from the Prototype Framework as i am using the onLoading, onSuccess and onUnitialiazed functions.

thanks

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aconradCommented: 2009-05-07

in the line that displays the timeout (line 52),
the below variables are present and can be used to get info about the request :

xmlhttp.status -- http code
xmlhttp.responseText -- partial response
xmlhttp.readyState -- this 0,1,2,3,4 and it means:
0      The request is not initialized
1      The request has been set up
2      The request has been sent
3      The request is in process
4      The request is complete

for ex:
document.getElementById('timeout').innerHTML = 'Timeouted after '+wait+'seconds! Code: '+xmlhttp.status;

More info / examples of your firebug problem would help to understand what can be done....

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