How to get read data from response header in jquery/javascript

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Muhammad Usman picture Muhammad Usman · May 11, 2012 · Viewed 53k times · Source

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jQuery and AJAX response header

If the server is returned data in response header how I can read it. I am sending an AJAX request to a server. It does not return anything but the Location in response header. I want to read that location using JavaScript or jQuery....

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Matt picture Matt · May 11, 2012

Both XMLHttpRequest and jqXHR (which is the object jQuery wraps around AJAX requests) have a getResponseHeader() method, so in the always() handler (jQuery) or readyState handler (XMLHttpRequest), do this.getResponseHeader('Location').

Bear in mind that if your server also sends a redirect status code (301/ 302) that redirect will be automatically followed, and there's no way to access the intermediate-headers returned.

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