how to differentiate an ajax request from a regular one inside a action?

Question

From the action stand of point, how can I differentiate an ajax request from a regular one.

puclic class GroupController : Controller
{
     public ActionResult AddGroup()
     {
        if(//regular request...)
           return view()
        else //an ajax call
          return Partial("GroupPartialView)
     }
}

The idea is that If a user is being added to a group that doesn't exist, the group can be added using a dialog without leaving the the Manage user pages.

Thanks for helping.

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '13 at 14:58

7

You could use the IsAjaxRequest() extension method:

if(Request.IsAjaxRequest())
{
    // it's an AJAX request
    return PartialView("GroupPartialView);
}
else
{
    // it was normal request
    return View();
}

answered Nov 25 '13 at 14:58

Darin Dimitrov

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thank you, but initially i was using `jquery 1.11.0` and thus `Request.IsAjaxRequest()` always returning false, when looked at chrome developer console i got this error : `live is not a function` in `jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js` as said [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/22180196/2218697) i used `jquery 1.7.0`, now it works fine. But how to handle multiple jquery versions in same `_Layout` ? because i need both `jquery 1.11.0 and 1.7.0`. – Shaiju T Jan 12 '16 at 14:24

how to differentiate an ajax request from a regular one inside a action?

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