I'm a bit green, so please bear with me.
I need to poll a SharePoint webservice until it returns a value. I believe that I have formatted my code incorrectly. If there is a pre-existing thread that addresses this, please point me to it; my relatively limited understanding may have kept me from recognizing it.
function Poll2(){
$.ajax({
//Use an ABSOLUTE reference to your target webservice
url: "https://mydomain.com/Sandbox/bitest/_vti_bin/lists.asmx",
type: "POST",
dataType: "xml",
data: soapEnv,
success:processResult,
complete: Poll2,
timeout: 5000,
contentType: "text/xml; charset=\"utf-8\"",
async: true
});
}
My desire is that it would poll the service every 5 seconds until success, at which point it would proceed to the "processResult" function where all the data will be handled. I am afraid that I have created an infinite loop by referencing the parent function.
-------------------EDIT & NEW CODE-------------------
I have found a solution in this blog post that roughly accomplishes what I am looking for. As it turns out, I really only want my request to fire once. However, in regards to an "infinite" polling routine, this does the job quite nicely.
(function poll() {
setTimeout(function () {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
url: 'http://somewhere.com/rest/123',
success: function (data) {
MyNamespace.myFunction(data); //DO ANY PROCESS HERE
},
complete: poll
});
}, 5000);
})();
I would note, however, that this routine does not initialize its first poll until 5 seconds after it is executed. Simple piece of code though! Thanks much to the author.
