instance method xml_http_request?

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Signature

xml_http_request?()

Returns true if the X-Requested-With header contains “XMLHttpRequest” (case-insensitive), which may need to be manually added depending on the choice of JavaScript libraries and frameworks.

Source
# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb, line 276
    def xml_http_request?
      /XMLHttpRequest/i.match?(get_header("HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH"))
    end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb line 276 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActionDispatch::Request

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