Make a JQuery ajax call and return the html only

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Is it possible to make an AJAX call that returns HTML and not have the browser also return all the associated resources (images, CSS etc)? I just want the HTML, but can see from the Network log that all the images are being retrieved too

$.ajax({
        url: theUrl,
        cache: false,
        accepts: "text/html"
    })

    .done(function(html) {
        // some parsing here

    });

What do you mean by just `HTML`. `body` tag onle? – void Feb 14 '15 at 20:43 — void, Feb 14 '15 at 20:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '15 at 21:01

No, you can't. - If the url you're trying to fetch is within your application, then you may try some workarounds to achieve that, by :

1) Creating a separate url to return the HTML-only version

2) By loading images dynamically through script after the page is loaded, and control that behavior using a query-string or hidden value to trigger downloading of images.

If the url is not under your access i.e. in case of external links, you cannot do anything about it.

This question has some more hints: Prevent images from loading

Make a JQuery ajax call and return the html only

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