jQuery and AJAX response header
cballou’s solution will work if you are using an old version of jquery. In newer versions you can also try: $.ajax({ type: ‘POST’, url:’url.do’, data: formData, success: function(data, textStatus, request){ alert(request.getResponseHeader(‘some_header’)); }, error: function (request, textStatus, errorThrown) { alert(request.getResponseHeader(‘some_header’)); } }); According to docs the XMLHttpRequest object is available as of jQuery 1.4.