instance method `xml_http_request?`

Ruby on Rails 3.0.20

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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xml_http_request?()

Returns true if the request’s “X-Requested-With” header contains “XMLHttpRequest”. (The Prototype Javascript library sends this header with every Ajax request.)

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb, line 161
    def xml_http_request?
      !(@env['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] !~ /XMLHttpRequest/i)
    end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb line 161 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionDispatch::Request

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