That's pretty interesting -- I never thought of that.
So I imagine an $.ajax({url:'somefile.dat',type:'HEAD',error:do_something})
would be enough to check for a 404.
Nifty.
JK
-----Original Message-----
From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl
Rudd
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 4:33 PM
To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
Subject: [jQuery] Re: Check if remote file exists.
What you want is a "HEAD" request. See the following for details:
http://www.jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ajaxintro3/
Karl Rudd
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Genu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is it possible to use jquery to check of remote file (url) exists or
> not. For example, I have this url:
>
> http://www.myserver.com/media/test.mp3
>
> can I use a jquery http request to see if the url is valid or not?
>
>
