I want to load external images on my page asynchronously using jQuery and I have tried the following:
$.ajax({
url: "http://somedomain.com/image.jpg",
timeout:5000,
success: function() {
},
error: function(r,x) {
}
});
But it always returns error, is it even possible to load image like this?
I tried to use .load
method and it works but I have no idea how I can set timeout if the image is not available (404). How can I do this?
No need for ajax. You can create a new image element, set its source attribute and place it somewhere in the document once it has finished loading:
var img = $("<img />").attr('src', 'http://somedomain.com/image.jpg')
.on('load', function() {
if (!this.complete || typeof this.naturalWidth == "undefined" || this.naturalWidth == 0) {
alert('broken image!');
} else {
$("#something").append(img);
}
});