The XMLHttpRequest.abort()
method aborts the request if it has already been sent. When a request is aborted, its readyState
is changed to XMLHttpRequest.UNSENT
(0) and the request's status
code is set to 0.
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XMLHttpRequest: abort() method
Syntax
js
abort()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
This example begins loading content from the MDN home page, then due to some condition, aborts the transfer by calling abort()
.
js
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
const method = "GET";
const url = "https://developer.mozilla.org/";
xhr.open(method, url, true);
xhr.send();
if (OH_NOES_WE_NEED_TO_CANCEL_RIGHT_NOW_OR_ELSE) {
xhr.abort();
}
Specifications
Specification |
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XMLHttpRequest Standard # the-abort()-method |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
abort |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | ≤12.1 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest/abort