$.ajax() & setTimeout() Callbacks
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14220321/how-to-return-the-response-from-an-ajax-call
/* ---- AJAX CallBacks ---- */
function foo(callback) {
$.ajax({
// ...
success: function(response) {
// e.g. filter the response
callback(filtered_response);
}
});
}
/* ---- AJAX Deferred objects / promises ---- */
function foo() {
return $.ajax(...);
}
foo().done(function(result) {
// code depending on result
}).fail(function() {
// an error occurred
});
/* ---- Set Timeout Callback ---- */
function onComplete(a){
alert(a);
}
function getFive(whenDone){
var a;
setTimeout(function(){
a=5;
whenDone(a);
},10);
}
getFive(onComplete);