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AJAX query not always updating information consistently

I am experiecing some issues with AJAX updating the page. The actual data in the database is updated but this is not always reflecting in real time on the web page.
For example, I have the following event:
$("#add_note").click(function(e) {
//e.preventDefault();
$("#add_note_form").validate({
rules: {
contact_note: {
required: true
}
},
submitHandler: function(form) {
contact.modal_update({
'obj' : $('#add_note_form'),
'uri' : '/contact/add_note/'
});
}
});
});
This function when a new note is created calls a callback to validate the form fields first and then if successful calls a callback inside a seperate class to conduct the update. See the modal_update class below:
// Update modal
this.modal_update = function(data)
{//
// Declare a few variables for the data object we've received
obj = data.obj // The form element to serialize
uri = data.uri;
// Get the form ID from the data-target attribute
id = obj.attr('data-target');
// URL to send to
url = this.site_url + uri + id;
// The form object
this.post_data(obj.serialize(),url);
// Hide Modal
obj.closest('.modal').modal('hide');
// Refresh
this.refresh();
}
This then figures out the correct route to ajax and calls a ajax call back inside the same class:
// AJAX post
this.post_data = function(obj,uri)
{
$.ajax({
data: obj,
dataType: 'json',
type: 'post',
url: uri,
headers: { "cache-control": "no-cache" },
cache: false,
success: function (response) {
if (response.success == true)
{
$("#alert_success .msg").html(response.message);
$("#alert_success").fadeIn(200).delay(2000).fadeOut(200);
}
else
{
$("#alert_error .msg").html(response.error);
$("#alert_error").fadeIn(200).delay(2000).fadeOut(200);
console.log(response.error);
}
}
});
}
I am then running another class callback to "refresh" the data in all the elements on the page:
this.refresh = function()
{
// Refresh the ajax requests
this.get_contact_data();
this.get_notes();
this.get_contact_log();
this.get_contact_tasks();
}
This class re loads the functions which run on page load to get the inial data into the tables/fields on the page. See "get_notes" below:
// Get notes
this.get_notes = function()
{
// Get all notes and populate table
var log_uri = this.site_url + "/contact/get_notes/" + this.contact_id;
this.get_data(log_uri,function(data) {
notes = $("#contact_notes ul");
notes.empty("");
// Populate the contact fields, assuming there is a result to play with
if (data != false) {
//alert(JSON.stringify(data));
$("#notes-tab .count").html("(" + data.length + ")");
$.each( data, function( key, value ) {
notes.append("<li class='list-group-item' modal-id='editNoteModal' data-target='" + value.ID + "'><div class='row'><div class='col-lg-3'><i class='fa fa-sticky-note mr-3'></i>" + value.timestamp + "</div><div class='col-lg-7'>" + value.note + "</div><div class='col-lg-2'><a href='#' class='edit mr-3'><i class='fa fa-edit mr-1'></i>Edit</a><a href='#' class='delete'><i class='fa fa-times mr-1'></i>Remove</a></div></div></li>");
});
console.log('Notes loaded');
} else {
notes.append("<li>There are currently no notes for this contact</li>");
}
});
}
Now the problem:
For some reason this does not update consistently in real time. The data is updated fine on the server side but on the client side the update/refresh does not always update. I might add a note and get a correct update response but the refresh method seems to be receiving the old data and always be one note behind. So the next time I add a note, the one I added before then appears and so forth.
Another problem I am experiencing is the methods seem to stack on each event so if I add one note (or one of the other methods) I will see the console say "notes loaded" but on the second note it says "notes loaded" twice, then on the 3rd note added 3 times and so forth.
I am sure there must be something fatal flaw in the design of my code here but I am not experienced enough with javascript/jquery to notice what direction I am going wrong so I can fix it.
I thought that this was an issue with ajax caching and not refreshing the result so I have adjusted the ajax request as cache none and also to send no cache headers. I am running in wamp.

In your case, your refresh code will always run before your data got updated. Because ajax is asynchronous so the code behind and below ajax will always execute nearly the time your ajax running.
At the time you run your post_data function to call the API, the refresh function got run too. So it's done before your data got updated.
You should run refresh function inside ajax callback. For example:
this.post_data = function(obj,uri, callback)
{
$.ajax({
data: obj,
dataType: 'json',
type: 'post',
url: uri,
headers: { "cache-control": "no-cache" },
cache: false,
success: function (response) {
if (response.success == true)
{
$("#alert_success .msg").html(response.message);
$("#alert_success").fadeIn(200).delay(2000).fadeOut(200);
}
else
{
$("#alert_error .msg").html(response.error);
$("#alert_error").fadeIn(200).delay(2000).fadeOut(200);
console.log(response.error);
}
callback();
}
});
}
And in modal_update, you pass refresh function to post_data as a callback:
this.modal_update = function(data)
{//
// Declare a few variables for the data object we've received
obj = data.obj // The form element to serialize
uri = data.uri;
// Get the form ID from the data-target attribute
id = obj.attr('data-target');
// URL to send to
url = this.site_url + uri + id;
// The form object
this.post_data(obj.serialize(),url, this.refresh);
// Hide Modal
obj.closest('.modal').modal('hide');
}
You should read more about asynchronous ajax. You can use other tricky solution is setTimeout to run this.refresh but I do not recommend that because you not sure when the update is done.

ASP.net: AJAX Result Not Kicking Off

I think this will be a weird one for you as I am at my wits end with this. On a screen I have in a table, I have a link being clicked that is setting off a javascript/ajax request. I have similar code in another screen that works perfectly as it heads down into the success part of the ajax call and runs code in the success portion of the call. For some reason though I can't seem to get this to work and when I debug it in chrome, I lose my breakpoints and it never seems to get into the success portion of the Ajax call.
#section scripts{
<script>
// Get the bond ID Data from the row selected and return that to the program.
function getIDData(el) {
var ID = $(el).closest('tr').children('td:first').text();
var iddata = {
'ID': ID
}
console.log(iddata);
return iddata;
}
// Submit the data to a function in the .cs portion of this razor page.
$('.updatelink').click(function () {
var bondid = JSON.stringify(getIDData(this));
$.ajax({
url: '/Maintenance/Bond_Maint?handler=UpdateandReloadData',
beforeSend: function (xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("XSRF-TOKEN",
$('input:hidden[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').val());
},
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: { bondid: bondid },
success: function (result) {
if (result.pass != undefined) {
document.forms[0].submit();
}
},
});
});
</script>
}
The ASP.net code behind that is calling does an update to the database and then passes back a variable containing Success as its message.
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Try to get and insert the data from a selected row and copy it
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public ActionResult OnPostUpdateandReloadData(string bondid)
{
return new JsonResult(new { pass = "Success" });
}
I'm not sure how else to describe my issue other than when I debug my other code via the browser, it appears to take a different path than this code does and I cannot fathom why. For reference my other code looks like this:
#section scripts{
<script>
// Get the offender ID Data from the row selected and return that to the program.
function getIDData(el) {
var ID = $(el).closest('tr').children('td:first').text();
var iddata = {
'ID': ID
}
console.log(iddata);
return iddata;
}
// Submit the data to a function in the .cs portion of this razor page.
$('.copybtn').click(function () {
var offenderid = JSON.stringify(getIDData(this));
$.ajax({
url: '/Copy_Old_Account?handler=CopyData',
beforeSend: function (xhr) {
            xhr.setRequestHeader("XSRF-TOKEN",
                $('input:hidden[name="__RequestVerificationToken"]').val());
        },
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
data: { offenderid: offenderid },
success: function (result) {
if (result.path != undefined) {
window.location.replace(result.path);
}
},
});
});
</script>
}
Any help would be appreciated.

Okay guys so first off, thank you everyone for responding to my question. Frank Writte and Alfred pointed me into the right direction by looking for the status in the network tab for my calls. I found out that I was getting cancellations for my requests. After looking into that I found this article What does status=canceled for a resource mean in Chrome Developer Tools? that has an answer from FUCO that gave me what I needed to do. Apparently I needed to add event.preventDefault(); in front of my ajax call and all of a sudden my code worked. I'm not sure I completely understand why this works but I can't complain about the results. Again thank you everyone for trying to help. This one has been boggling my mind all morning.

Insert data into MySQL Databse with PHP/AJAX, execute success option AFTER it's inserted (Callback)

I've been trying to make a simple site, and I can't quite wrap my head around some of the things said here, some of which are also unrelated to my situation.
The site has a form with 3 input boxes, a button, and a list. The info is submitted through a separate PHP file to a MySQL database, once the submit button is clicked. I'm supposed to make the list (it's inside a div) update once the info is successfully sent and updated in the database. So far I've made it work with async:false but I'm not supposed to, because of society.
Without this (bad) option, the list doesn't load after submitting the info, because (I assume) the method is executed past it, since it doesn't wait for it to finish.
What do I exactly have to do in "success:" to make it work? (Or, I've read something about .done() within the $.ajax clause, but I'm not sure how to make it work.)
What's the callback supposed to be like? I've never done it before and I can get really disoriented with the results here because each case is slightly different.
function save() {
var name = document.getElementById('name');
var email = document.getElementById('email');
var telephone = document.getElementById('telephone');
$.ajax({
url: "save.php",
method: "POST",
data: { name: name.value, email: email.value, telephone: telephone.value },
success: $("List").load(" List")
});
}
Thank you in advanced and if I need include further info don't hesitate to ask.

From this comment
as far as i know the success function will be called on success you should use complete, A function to be called when the request finishes (after success and error callbacks are executed). isnt that what you want ? – Muhammad Omer Aslam
I managed to solve the issue simply moving the $.load clause from the success: option to a complete: option. (I think they're called options)
I haven't managed error handling yet, even inside my head but at least it works as it should if everything is entered properly.
Thanks!
(Won't let me mark as answered until 2 days)

I would first create an AJAX call inside a function which runs when the page loads to populate the list.
window.onload = populatelist();
function populatelist() {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "list.php",
data: {function: 'populate'},
success: function(data) { $("#list").html("data"); }
});
}
Note: #list refers to <div id="list> and your list should be inside this.
I would then have another AJAX call inside a different function which updates the database when the form is submitted. Upon success, it will run the populatelist function.
function save() {
var name = document.getElementById('name');
var email = document.getElementById('email');
var telephone = document.getElementById('telephone');
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: "list.php",
data: {function: 'update', name: name.value, email: email.value, telephone: telephone.value },
success: function() { populatelist(); }
});
}
list.php should look like this:
<?php
if($_POST['function'] == "populate") {
// your code to get the content from the database and put it in a list
}
if($_POST['function'] == "update") {
// your code to update the database
}
?>

I will show you piece of solution that I use in my project. I cannot say it is optimal or best practices, but it works for me and can work for you:
PHP:
function doLoadMails(){
//initialize empty variable
$mails;
$conn = new mysqli($_POST['ip'], $_POST['login'], $_POST['pass'], $_POST['db']);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("");
}
//some select, insert, whatever
$sql = "SELECT ... ... ... ";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row, j is counter for rows
$j =0;
while($row_a = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
//for each row, fill array
$mails[$j][0] = $row_a["name"] ;
$mails[$j][1] = $row_a["mail"] ;
$mails[$j][2] = $row_a["language"] ;
$j++;
}
}
//if $mails has results (we added something into it)
if(isset($mails)){
echo json_encode($mails);/return json*/ }
else{
//some error message you can handle in JS
echo"[null]";}
}
and then in JS
function doLoadMails() {
$.ajax({
data: { /*pass parameters*/ },
type: "post",
url: "dataFunnel.php",
success: function(data) { /*data is a dummy variable for everything your PHP echoes/returns*/
console.log(data); //you can check what you get
if (data != "[null]") { /*some error handling ..., in my case if it matches what I have declared as error state in PHP - !(isset($mails))*/ }
}
});
Keep in mind, that you can echo/return directly the result of your SQL request and put it into JS in some more raw format, and handle further processing here.
In your solution, you will probably need to echo the return code of the INSERT request.

Wp_admin ajax request returns with response "0"

I am new to code, and trying to learn things by doing them.
Currently, I am trying to do something very simple using wordpress. which I am trying to create some posts in wordpress, using some external data.
I can fetch the data using CURL. No problem with that and post it using Wp_insert_post, directly.
But, What I want to do is trigger the wp_insert_post function on click of a button in the admin panel ( I have created this as a plugin and a separate plugin dashboard, where the button Is embedded). I have been messing around with the code, and sending the data to wp-admin-ajax.php work fine, and gives the response code 200. But, the response receiving is "0" . if the data passed through are correct, I presume, the response should be "1" ?
I have the following code at the moment.
//Button
<form id="formtesting">
<input type="text" id="name" placeholder="Name">
<input type="submit" id="user-submit" value="user-submit">
//Ajax Call
$(document).ready(function() {
var userSubmitButton = document.getElementById('user-submit');
var adminAjaxRequest = function(formData, myaction) {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
dataType: 'json',
url: '/wpdevelopment/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
data: {
action: myaction,
data: formData
},
success: function(response) {
if (true === response.success) {
alert('success');
} else {
alert(response);
}
}
});
};
userSubmitButton.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var formData = {
'name': document.getElementById('name').value
};
adminAjaxRequest(formData, 'data_submission');
});
});
And here is my test function // to test whether the function initiate properly, i try to send a Json error, So then I can include wp_insert_post details.
function data_submission(){
wp_send_json_error( 'I am an error' );}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_data_submission', 'data_submission' );
add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_data_submission', 'data_submission' );
Could not locate where the faulty is. Some help would be appriciated
tks

Use add_action(' wp_ajax_myaction', 'yours_callback_fanc');
wp_ajax_
Remain part is yours action name that is defined into yours ajax call. In yours case it's myaction.

First this is not a standard way to use ajax in wordpress,
use wp_localize_script for embedding the global ajax_url variable,
wp_register_script('plugin-ajaxJs', plugins_url('/js/ajax-call.js', __FILE__));
wp_enqueue_script('plugin-ajaxJs');
wp_localize_script('plugin-ajaxJs', 'my_ajax_url', array('ajax_url' => admin_url('admin-ajax.php')));
Now as url in ajax you can add my_ajax_url.ajax_url,
this will send a request to admin-ajax.php.
Now coming to your question
you are returning an wp_json_error so the result is 0,
use this and return whatever data you wants in ajax success,
$responce['result'] = 1
wp_send_json( $response );

AJAX GET Request to API(Same origin policy does not apply)

I am making an attempt to do a GET through an AJAX request towards an API. I am aware of the same origin policy. But the web service gave me a special API key to perform the GET AJAX request to the API. The problem is that I am not getting either a alert(data) success or alert(boom) error. Nothing is being displayed. The jquery function is taking the value from the textbox and then using that data to perform the api call.
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
var timer = null;
var $new_result=$("#entry");
var $api = $new_result.data('url',$new_result.val());
function submitForm( input ) {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: $api,
success: function(data) {
alert(data);
},
error: function() {
alert("boom");
}
});
return false
}
$("#entry").on("change", function() {
var input = $(this).val();
clearTimeout(timer);
timer = setTimeout(function(){
submitForm(input) ;
}, 1000);
})
});
</script>
<input type="text" id="entry" name="entry" style="width: 1000px;" value="http://somesite.com/apikey?123658744sdfs88f7></br>

This doesn't look correct at all:
var $new_result=$("#entry");
var $api = $new_result.data('url',$new_result.val());
Rather, if you want to get the value from the input, as you stated, you should use the following:
var api = $("#entry").val();
Unless you've explicitly set the url value on the data object on that input somewhere else in your code, nothing is going to exist there, which may be the cause of your problem.