jQuery and AJAX response header

Question

So I've got this jQuery AJAX call, and the response comes from the server in the form of a 302 redirect. I'd like to take this redirect and load it in an iframe, but when I try to view the header info with a javascript alert, it comes up null, even though firebug sees it correctly.

Here's the code, if it'll help:

$j.ajax({
    type: 'POST',
    url:'url.do',
    data: formData,
    complete: function(resp){
        alert(resp.getAllResponseHeaders());
    }
});

I don't really have access to the server-side stuff in order to move the URL to the response body, which I know would be the easiest solution, so any help with the parsing of the header would be fantastic.

Answer 1

If this is a CORS request, you may see all headers in debug tools (such as Chrome->Inspect Element->Network), but the xHR object will only retrieve the header (via xhr.getResponseHeader('Header')) if such a header is a simple response header:

• Content-Type
• Last-modified
• Content-Language
• Cache-Control
• Expires
• Pragma

If it is not in this set, it must be present in the Access-Control-Expose-Headers header returned by the server.

About the case in question, if it is a CORS request, one will only be able to retrieve the Location header through the XMLHttpRequest object if, and only if, the header below is also present:

Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Location

If its not a CORS request, XMLHttpRequest will have no problem retrieving it.

Answer 2

 var geturl;
  geturl = $.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: 'http://....',
    success: function () {
      alert("done!"+ geturl.getAllResponseHeaders());
    }
  });

Answer 3

UPDATE 2018 FOR JQUERY 3 AND LATER

I know this is an old question but none of the above solutions worked for me. Here is the solution that worked:

//I only created this function as I am making many ajax calls with different urls and appending the result to different divs
function makeAjaxCall(requestType, urlTo, resultAreaId){
        var jqxhr = $.ajax({
            type: requestType,
            url: urlTo
        });
        //this section is executed when the server responds with no error 
        jqxhr.done(function(){

        });
        //this section is executed when the server responds with error
        jqxhr.fail(function(){

        })
        //this section is always executed
        jqxhr.always(function(){
            console.log("getting header " + jqxhr.getResponseHeader('testHeader'));
        });
    }

Answer 4

try this:

type: "GET",
async: false,
complete: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus) {
    var headers = XMLHttpRequest.getAllResponseHeaders();
}

Answer 5

cballou's solution will work if you are using an old version of jquery. In newer versions you can also try:

  $.ajax({
   type: 'POST',
   url:'url.do',
   data: formData,
   success: function(data, textStatus, request){
        alert(request.getResponseHeader('some_header'));
   },
   error: function (request, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        alert(request.getResponseHeader('some_header'));
   }
  });

According to docs the XMLHttpRequest object is available as of jQuery 1.4.

Answer 6

+1 to PleaseStand and here is my other hack:

after searching and found that the "cross ajax request" could not get response headers from XHR object, I gave up. and use iframe instead.

1. <iframe style="display:none"></iframe>
2. $("iframe").attr("src", "http://the_url_you_want_to_access")
//this is my aim!!!
3. $("iframe").contents().find('#someID').html()