When an AJAX request is submitted to a site, server-side errors are easily handled with the jQuery promise approach. .done()
, .fail()
, etc. However for some requests (e.g. to an invalid site or one that doesn't accept cross-origin requests), an exception occurs immediately as the call is made. Here's an example of one error in the console:
XMLHttpRequest cannot load
http://someotherserver/api/blahblah
. Originhttp://localhost:52625
is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin.
Yes, I know about CORS...that's not the issue. What I'm actually doing is trying a web api call to test if the server IP/name is correct
I'm aware of the error
option in the jQuery request syntax:
$.ajax({
url: remoteURL,
type: 'GET',
error: function (err) {
console.log("AJAX error in request: " + JSON.stringify(err, null, 2));
}
}).etc.etc.
The error is handled here, but exceptions are still logged in the console. It seemed reasonable to wrap the above in a try-catch
block, but that doesn't seem to help.
I've found this question, but the solution involves hacking the jQuery code. Surely there's a better way to catch these errors and not clog up the console logs??