I'm no expert in AJAX (or jQuery) but I thought what I was doing was pretty easy yet when I send an ajax request with:
$.ajax ( requestObj );
it doesn't send and I'm hoping someone can help. In order to give context, I've set the "requestObj" up as follows:
//initialise a request object
var requestObj = {};
requestObj.response = 'ajax-response';
requestObj.type = 'POST';
requestObj.url = my_config['ajax-service-list'][service]['url'];
requestObj.data = $.extend ( requestObj.data , {
action: service,
other: parameters,
_ajax_nonce: my_config['ajax-service-list'][service]['nonce']
});
requestObj.global = false;
requestObj.timeout = 30000;
requestObj.success = function ( r ) {
alert ( "Success: " + r );
}
requestObj.error = function ( r ) {
console.log ("FAILURE WITH AJAX Call ( " + JSON.stringify (r) + ")");
}
There's one thing that probably needs explaining. The two references to "my_config" are references to a Javascript variable that I set using Wordpress's wp_localize_script() function. Basically it just provides context about where to find the URL, the NONCE to use, etc. I have tested that the URL and NONCE information is working correctly so that shouldn't be the problem. For example, I put a breakpoint on the browsers debugger on the line after the two references are defined and got these results:
When I call the ajax function it immediately executes the success function and sends in the value of 0. Looking at my PHP error logs though I can see that the request was never sent. What could be getting in the way of $.ajax(requestOb) from actually sending the request?
UPDATE:
Thanks to Michael's sage advice I realised that I am in fact getting a request to go out but as it's running in a local environment the response is coming back lightening fast. Now I am suspecting this has more to with Wordpress configuration. I have hooked into the wp_ajax_[service_name] but it immediately returns 0. I'll re-ask this question with this new information in the wordpress forum.
