Intercept all ajax calls?

If you’re using jQuery, $.ajaxSuccess is a good option, but here’s a slightly more generic option that will intercept XHR calls from all frameworks (I’ve tested it with ExtJS and jQuery – it should work even if multiple frameworks are loaded concurrently). It’s been tested to work with IE8, Chrome and Firefox.

(function(XHR) {
    "use strict";

    var open = XHR.prototype.open;
    var send = XHR.prototype.send;

    XHR.prototype.open = function(method, url, async, user, pass) {
        this._url = url;
        open.call(this, method, url, async, user, pass);
    };

    XHR.prototype.send = function(data) {
        var self = this;
        var oldOnReadyStateChange;
        var url = this._url;

        function onReadyStateChange() {
            if(self.readyState == 4 /* complete */) {
                /* This is where you can put code that you want to execute post-complete*/
                /* URL is kept in this._url */
            }

            if(oldOnReadyStateChange) {
                oldOnReadyStateChange();
            }
        }

        /* Set xhr.noIntercept to true to disable the interceptor for a particular call */
        if(!this.noIntercept) {            
            if(this.addEventListener) {
                this.addEventListener("readystatechange", onReadyStateChange, false);
            } else {
                oldOnReadyStateChange = this.onreadystatechange; 
                this.onreadystatechange = onReadyStateChange;
            }
        }

        send.call(this, data);
    }
})(XMLHttpRequest);

I’ve posted a more specific example on github which intercepts AJAX calls and posts the AJAX call durations back to the server for statistical analysis.