Question

I have some code that is executed on the keyup event:

$('#some-text-box').keyup(function() {
   var $text = $(this).text();
   // do some ajax stuff using $text
});

How do I change the above to only do an AJAX request every n milliseconds?

Thank you :).

Answer 1

var flag = true;
$('#some-text-box').keyup(function() {
   var $text = $(this).text();
   if(flag){          
      flag = false;
      $.ajax({
         // other parameter
         success : function(){                  
             setTimeout(function(){
                 flag = true;
                }, 5000);
         }
      });
   }
});