XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.onabort

The XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.onabort is the function called when an XMLHttpRequest transaction is aborted, such as when the XMLHttpRequest.abort() function is called.

SyntaxEdit

XMLHttpRequest.onabort = callback;

Values

• callback is the function to be executed when the transaction is aborted.

ExampleEdit

var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(),
  method = 'GET',
  url = 'https://developer.mozilla.org/';

xmlhttp.open(method, url, true);
xmlhttp.onabort = function () {
  console.log("** The request was aborted);
};
xmlhttp.send();
//..
xmlhttp.abort(); // This will invoke our onabort handler above

SpecificationsEdit

Browser compatibilityEdit