Ajax call when click on Browser refresh Button

Question

Im struggling with Ajax Deep linking and wonder if is possible to make an Ajax call when user click on Browser refresh button.

I tried to use beforeunload It works but still make a request to the server after the ajax call Is there a way to prevent the request to the server ?

    $(window).on('beforeunload',function(e){
        //ajax call here.          
    });

What is the real problem here. Sounds like a poor bandaid solution. — epascarello, Jan 10 '14 at 18:50
The problem is I cannot figure how to use HTML5 History API to use it without the hash tag. I have posted a question about it couple of days ago but no answer. I want clean urls without hash in an Ajax app. Could you help ? — Merlin, Jan 10 '14 at 18:56
Link to his question above: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21023850/html5-history-api-browser-refresh — degenerate, Jan 10 '14 at 19:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '14 at 18:52

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There is no hook into knowing when a user clicks refresh. From a browser perspective they are simply navigating away from the page. You could hook into the onbeforeunload method to do something...

window.onbeforeunload = function(){ return 'Testing...' }

answered Jan 10 '14 at 18:52

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I have edited my question. Is there a way to prevent the request to the server after the Ajax Call. – Merlin Jan 10 '14 at 18:54

Ajax call when click on Browser refresh Button

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