Question

How can I set different settings (jQuery.ajaxSetup()) for different AJAX requests?

What I would like to do is to “link” each AJAX call do different ajaxSetup().

Answer 1

The point of $.ajaxSetup() is to create default settings for all ajax calls via jQuery on a global scale. If you want to override settings, just specify them in the specific ajax call.

For instance, somewhere early in your code, define your $.ajaxSetup():

$.ajaxSetup({
    type: 'POST'
    , cache: false
    , contentType: 'application/json'
    , dataType: 'json'
    , error: function (a, b, c) {
        //default error handling
        console.log(a, b, c);       
    }
});   

Then when you want to override, say, using a GET, do something like:

$.ajax(myUrl, {
    type: 'GET'
    , data: myData
});