How to capture the 500 error message using jquery?

Question

How can i capture the 500 error message using jquery? I want to keep on checking for the 500 error message for sometime until it changes and time out after 50 sec.

I used the code below to try to capture and check the 500 error message but it doesnt seem to catch the 500 error message. I can see it in the firebug

$.ajax({
    statusCode: {
        500: function() {
            alert(" 500 data still loading");
            console.log('500 ');
        }
    }
});

Take a look at the code used in [this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6700822/jquery-how-to-get-the-http-status-code-from-within-the-ajax-error-method), and also [its accepted answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6700873/114359) — Daniel Miladinov, Nov 30 '12 at 04:57
I have rolled back the question to show the original code. Please don't edit the meaning of questions. — dav_i, Feb 13 '15 at 13:44

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 05:00

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Dispite the accepted answer mentioned by @Danny, you can also do this in newer versions of jQuery.

var xhr = $.ajax({
    url: "somewhere"
});

xhr.fail(function(xhr, textStatus, error) {
    // Error handling stuff here ...
});

See Deferred Object.

answered Nov 30 '12 at 05:00

Vicary

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Murali N · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-30T05:33:45.813

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Are you missing url in $.ajax like the one below

$.ajax({
    url: "/path to page",
    statusCode: {
        500: function() {
            alert(" 500 data still loading");
            console.log('500 ');
        }
    }
});

edited Nov 30 '12 at 05:33

answered Nov 30 '12 at 04:57

Murali N

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I tried adding url to it too that didnt work.. it hungs up the page – user244394 Nov 30 '12 at 05:08
what do you mean by hungs up the page as i can see now your code should work now if the URL is correct – Murali N Nov 30 '12 at 05:10
the url is correct .. but when i add the url to ajax the page stop loading as I refresh the page after submiting. but if i remove the url i can see the 500 Internal server error on fire bug .. but i am unable to alert out the 500 error message – user244394 Nov 30 '12 at 05:28
in your code try to replace url: "somepage.html"; with this one url: "somepage.html", that should be , not ; – Murali N Nov 30 '12 at 05:32
updated "somepage.html"; with this one url: "somepage.html", - Thanks – user244394 Nov 30 '12 at 16:53

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 04:57

You can check the status in error of ajax post please check the below code.

 $.ajax({
        .....
        success: function (data) {

        },
        complete: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus) {

        },
        error: function (e, status) {

            if (e.status == 404)
                alert("404 error");
        }
    });

Thanks

How to capture the 500 error message using jquery?

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