It seems, at the first glass, that we can use either of those. I'm wondering, however, when should we use one or the other, assuming a scenario where we can do the same thing with any of those two.
Thanks in advance, MEM
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jQuery.post is a shorthand method which calls jQuery.ajax.
If you don't need any functionality not supported by the shorthand, you might as well use it.
It's defined like this:
post: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
// shift arguments if data argument was omited
if ( jQuery.isFunction( data ) ) {
type = type || callback;
callback = data;
data = {};
}
return jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: data,
success: callback,
dataType: type
});
},
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The $.post is actually derived from $.ajax. You can use $.post when you want want to set the POST method in your request. $.ajax allows you to set both GET and POST request methods.
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MEM
Thanks a lot four the clarification. It would be nice to share some answers here... oh well... Thanks again.
Using $.ajax allows you to set callbacks for failure, and completion, while $.post has callback only for success. Also, $.ajax allows to set a callback to be invoked before the sending of the request and set other useful parameters as timeout time , username or password if the target script needs authentication.
In short, $.post is a useful shortcut to use in the simpler situation, while $.ajax offers full control on the request.
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MEM
Thanks a lot, I'm sure the more I use jquery the more I can get about it. :)