XMLHttpRequest.abort()

The XMLHttpRequest.abort() method aborts the request if it has already been sent. When a request is aborted, its readyState is changed to 4 (XMLHttpRequest.DONE) and the status code (XMLHttpRequest.status) is set to 0.

Syntax

XMLHttpRequest.abort()

Parameters

None.

Return value

Void.

Example

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(),
    method = "GET",
    url = "https://developer.mozilla.org/";
xhr.open(method,url,true);
xhr.send();
xhr.abort();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] This feature was implemented via ActiveXObject(). Internet Explorer implements the standard XMLHttpRequest since version 7.

See also

• Using XMLHttpRequest