I am trying to delay an AJAX request so that it is sent out 2-3 seconds after the LAST keyup of an input cell.
So far I have managed to delay the requests, but after 2-3 seconds I get one request sent for every keyup in the field...
How can I make jQuery cancel the first ones and just send the last keyup?
Here's the code so far:
$('#lastname').focus(function(){
$('.terms :input').val(""); //clears other search fields
}).keyup(function(){
caps(this); //another function that capitalizes the field
$type = $(this).attr("id"); // just passing the type of desired search to the php file
setTimeout(function(){ // setting the delay for each keypress
ajaxSearchRequest($type); //runs the ajax request
}, 1000);
});
This code above, waits 1 sec then sends 4-5 AJAX requests depending on keypresses.
I just want one sent after the last keyup
I have found some similar solutions in StackOverflow that use Javascript, but I have not been able to implement them to my project due to my small knowledge of programming.
[SOLVED] Final working code, thanks to @Dr.Molle:
$('#lastname').focus(function(){
$('.terms :input').val("");
}).keyup(function(){
caps(this);
$type = $(this).attr("id");
window.timer=setTimeout(function(){ // setting the delay for each keypress
ajaxSearchRequest($type); //runs the ajax request
}, 3000);
}).keydown(function(){clearTimeout(window.timer);});
Here's the ajaxSearchRequest
code:
function ajaxSearchRequest($type){
var ajaxRequest2; // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
try{
// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
ajaxRequest2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
}catch (e){
// Internet Explorer Browsers
try{
ajaxRequest2 = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
}catch (e) {
try{
ajaxRequest2 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}catch (e){
// Something went wrong
alert("Browser error!");
return false;
}
}
}
ajaxRequest2.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(ajaxRequest2.readyState == 4){
$result = ajaxRequest2.responseText;
$('#resultcontainer').html($result);
}}
var searchterm = document.getElementById($type).value;
var queryString ="?searchterm=" + searchterm +"&type=" +$type;
if(searchterm !== ""){
ajaxRequest2.open("GET", "searchrequest.php" +
queryString, true);
ajaxRequest2.send(null);
}
}
store the timeout in a variable, so you will be able to clear recent timeouts:
clearTimeout(window.timer);
window.timer=setTimeout(function(){ // setting the delay for each keypress
ajaxSearchRequest($type); //runs the ajax request
}, 3000);