Question

I’m looking to write a function that mimics the ajax calls from the jQuery library. I do a lot of ajax calls on my current project, and I always end up writing the same blocks of code over and over to address errors and such – I’d like to write a function that can get the error data (or success message, if any) and return it, preferably in a JSON object.

That’s not the part I’m worried about, what I really need to do is get the function to work without an element
So, instead of

$("#element").transfer("page.php", "post", {'key': "value", 'other' : "data"});

I’d like to be able to call it like this:

$.transfer("page.php", "post", {'key': "value", 'other' : "data"});

…Sort of like the $.post() and a few other functions (ajax, get, getJSON) from jQuery.

I’ve tried every which way of writing the function/plugin, but without any success. Anybody know if it’s even possible? [or if there’s a better way to do it]

Answer 1

Define it as any other function

$.transfer = function(page, post, values) {
   //function body...
}