return value from ajax request to another function
- by stormdrain
I'm trying to return a value from (transport) to the calling function, but can't seem to get it to work:
function createXMLHttpRequest( w )
{
var urly = '/users/notes/' + w;
var options = {
method:'get'
, onSuccess: function( transport )
{
x = transport.responseText;
return x;
}
, onFailure: function( transport )
{
var response = transport.responseText;
alert( "FAILED "+ response );
}
};
new Ajax.Request( urly, options );
alert( x );
}
var ai = $( 'addItem' );
ai.onclick = function()
{
// -1 indicates new
addnote( -1, null );
}
x always alerts undefined. Unless I assign x to the Ajax.Request e.g. x=new Ajax.Request(urly,options). It then will alert [Object object]. How can I return the value of transport.responseText to the onclick function?
