jQuery.fn.extend({
/**
* Load HTML from a remote file and inject it into the DOM, only if it's
* been modified by the server.
*
* @example $("#feeds").loadIfModified("feeds.html")
* @before
* @result
45 feeds found.
*
* @name loadIfModified
* @type jQuery
* @param String url The URL of the HTML file to load.
* @param Hash params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
loadIfModified: function( url, params, callback ) {
this.load( url, params, callback, 1 );
},
/**
* Load HTML from a remote file and inject it into the DOM.
*
* @example $("#feeds").load("feeds.html")
* @before
* @result
45 feeds found.
*
* @example $("#feeds").load("feeds.html",
* {test: true},
* function() { alert("load is done"); }
* );
* @desc Same as above, but with an additional parameter
* and a callback that is executed when the data was loaded.
*
* @test stop();
* $('#first').load("data/name.php", function() {
* ok( $('#first').text() == 'ERROR', 'Check if content was injected into the DOM' );
* start();
* });
*
* @test stop(); // check if load can be called with only url
* $('#first').load("data/name.php");
* $.get("data/name.php", function() {
* ok( $('#first').text() == 'ERROR', 'Check if load works without callback');
* start();
* });
*
* @test stop();
* window.foobar = undefined;
* window.foo = undefined;
* var verifyEvaluation = function() {
* ok( foobar == "bar", 'Check if script src was evaluated after load' );
* ok( $('#foo').html() == 'foo', 'Check if script evaluation has modified DOM');
* ok( $('#ap').html() == 'bar', 'Check if script evaluation has modified DOM');
* start();
* };
* $('#first').load('data/test.html', function() {
* ok( $('#first').html().match(/^html text/), 'Check content after loading html' );
* ok( foo == "foo", 'Check if script was evaluated after load' );
* setTimeout(verifyEvaluation, 600);
* });
*
* @name load
* @type jQuery
* @param String url The URL of the HTML file to load.
* @param Object params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent as data to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded (parameters: responseText, status and reponse itself).
* @cat AJAX
*/
load: function( url, params, callback, ifModified ) {
if ( url.constructor == Function )
return this.bind("load", url);
callback = callback || function(){};
// Default to a GET request
var type = "GET";
// If the second parameter was provided
if ( params ) {
// If it's a function
if ( params.constructor == Function ) {
// We assume that it's the callback
callback = params;
params = null;
// Otherwise, build a param string
} else {
params = jQuery.param( params );
type = "POST";
}
}
var self = this;
// Request the remote document
jQuery.ajax({
url: url,
type: type,
data: params,
ifModified: ifModified,
complete: function(res, status){
if ( status == "success" || !ifModified && status == "notmodified" ) {
// Inject the HTML into all the matched elements
self.html(res.responseText)
// Execute all the scripts inside of the newly-injected HTML
.evalScripts()
// Execute callback
.each( callback, [res.responseText, status, res] );
} else
callback.apply( self, [res.responseText, status, res] );
}
});
return this;
},
/**
* Serializes a set of input elements into a string of data.
* This will serialize all given elements. If you need
* serialization similar to the form submit of a browser,
* you should use the form plugin. This is also true for
* selects with multiple attribute set, only a single option
* is serialized.
*
* @example $("input[@type=text]").serialize();
* @before
*
* @after name=John&location=Boston
* @desc Serialize a selection of input elements to a string
*
* @test var data = $(':input').not('button').serialize();
* // ignore button, IE takes text content as value, not relevant for this test
* ok( data == 'action=Test&text2=Test&radio1=on&radio2=on&check=on&=on&hidden=&foo[bar]=&name=name&=foobar&select1=&select2=3&select3=1', 'Check form serialization as query string' );
*
* @name serialize
* @type String
* @cat AJAX
*/
serialize: function() {
return jQuery.param( this );
},
/**
* Evaluate all script tags inside this jQuery. If they have a src attribute,
* the script is loaded, otherwise it's content is evaluated.
*
* @name evalScripts
* @type jQuery
* @private
* @cat AJAX
*/
evalScripts: function() {
return this.find('script').each(function(){
if ( this.src )
// for some weird reason, it doesn't work if the callback is ommited
jQuery.getScript( this.src, function() {} );
else
eval.call( window, this.text || this.textContent || this.innerHTML || "" );
}).end();
}
});
// If IE is used, create a wrapper for the XMLHttpRequest object
if ( jQuery.browser.msie && typeof XMLHttpRequest == "undefined" )
XMLHttpRequest = function(){
return new ActiveXObject(
navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 5") >= 0 ?
"Microsoft.XMLHTTP" : "Msxml2.XMLHTTP"
);
};
// Attach a bunch of functions for handling common AJAX events
/**
* Attach a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request begins.
*
* @example $("#loading").ajaxStart(function(){
* $(this).show();
* });
* @desc Show a loading message whenever an AJAX request starts.
*
* @name ajaxStart
* @type jQuery
* @param Function callback The function to execute.
* @cat AJAX
*/
/**
* Attach a function to be executed whenever all AJAX requests have ended.
*
* @example $("#loading").ajaxStop(function(){
* $(this).hide();
* });
* @desc Hide a loading message after all the AJAX requests have stopped.
*
* @name ajaxStop
* @type jQuery
* @param Function callback The function to execute.
* @cat AJAX
*/
/**
* Attach a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request completes.
*
* @example $("#msg").ajaxComplete(function(){
* $(this).append("
Request Complete.
");
* });
* @desc Show a message when an AJAX request completes.
*
* @name ajaxComplete
* @type jQuery
* @param Function callback The function to execute.
* @cat AJAX
*/
/**
* Attach a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request completes
* successfully.
*
* @example $("#msg").ajaxSuccess(function(){
* $(this).append("
Successful Request!
");
* });
* @desc Show a message when an AJAX request completes successfully.
*
* @name ajaxSuccess
* @type jQuery
* @param Function callback The function to execute.
* @cat AJAX
*/
/**
* Attach a function to be executed whenever an AJAX request fails.
*
* @example $("#msg").ajaxError(function(){
* $(this).append("
Error requesting page.
");
* });
* @desc Show a message when an AJAX request fails.
*
* @name ajaxError
* @type jQuery
* @param Function callback The function to execute.
* @cat AJAX
*/
/**
* @test stop(); var counter = { complete: 0, success: 0, error: 0 };
* var success = function() { counter.success++ };
* var error = function() { counter.error++ };
* var complete = function() { counter.complete++ };
* $('#foo').ajaxStart(complete).ajaxStop(complete).ajaxComplete(complete).ajaxError(error).ajaxSuccess(success);
* // start with successful test
* $.ajax({url: "data/name.php", success: success, error: error, complete: function() {
* ok( counter.error == 0, 'Check succesful request' );
* ok( counter.success == 2, 'Check succesful request' );
* ok( counter.complete == 3, 'Check succesful request' );
* counter.error = 0; counter.success = 0; counter.complete = 0;
* $.ajaxTimeout(500);
* $.ajax({url: "data/name.php?wait=5", success: success, error: error, complete: function() {
* ok( counter.error == 2, 'Check failed request' );
* ok( counter.success == 0, 'Check failed request' );
* ok( counter.complete == 3, 'Check failed request' );
* start();
* }});
* }});
* @test stop(); var counter = { complete: 0, success: 0, error: 0 };
* counter.error = 0; counter.success = 0; counter.complete = 0;
* var success = function() { counter.success++ };
* var error = function() { counter.error++ };
* $.ajaxTimeout(0);
* $.ajax({url: "data/name.php", global: false, success: success, error: error, complete: function() {
* ok( counter.error == 0, 'Check sucesful request without globals' );
* ok( counter.success == 1, 'Check sucesful request without globals' );
* ok( counter.complete == 0, 'Check sucesful request without globals' );
* counter.error = 0; counter.success = 0; counter.complete = 0;
* $.ajaxTimeout(500);
* $.ajax({url: "data/name.php?wait=5", global: false, success: success, error: error, complete: function() {
* ok( counter.error == 1, 'Check failed request without globals' );
* ok( counter.success == 0, 'Check failed request without globals' );
* ok( counter.complete == 0, 'Check failed request without globals' );
* start();
* }});
* }});
*
* @name ajaxHandlersTesting
* @private
*/
new function(){
var e = "ajaxStart,ajaxStop,ajaxComplete,ajaxError,ajaxSuccess".split(",");
for ( var i = 0; i < e.length; i++ ) new function(){
var o = e[i];
jQuery.fn[o] = function(f){
return this.bind(o, f);
};
};
};
jQuery.extend({
/**
* Load a remote page using an HTTP GET request. All of the arguments to
* the method (except URL) are optional.
*
* @example $.get("test.cgi")
*
* @example $.get("test.cgi", { name: "John", time: "2pm" } )
*
* @example $.get("test.cgi", function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* })
*
* @example $.get("test.cgi",
* { name: "John", time: "2pm" },
* function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* }
* )
*
* @test stop();
* $.get('data/dashboard.xml', function(xml) {
* var content = [];
* $('tab', xml).each(function() {
* content.push($(this).text());
* });
* ok( content[0] == 'blabla', 'Check first tab');
* ok( content[1] == 'blublu', 'Check second tab');
* start();
* });
*
* @name $.get
* @type undefined
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
* @param Hash params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
get: function( url, data, callback, type, ifModified ) {
// shift arguments if data argument was ommited
if ( data && data.constructor == Function ) {
callback = data;
data = null;
}
// Delegate
jQuery.ajax({
url: url,
data: data,
success: callback,
dataType: type,
ifModified: ifModified
});
},
/**
* Load a remote page using an HTTP GET request, only if it hasn't
* been modified since it was last retrieved. All of the arguments to
* the method (except URL) are optional.
*
* @example $.getIfModified("test.html")
*
* @example $.getIfModified("test.html", { name: "John", time: "2pm" } )
*
* @example $.getIfModified("test.cgi", function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* })
*
* @example $.getifModified("test.cgi",
* { name: "John", time: "2pm" },
* function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* }
* )
*
* @test stop();
* $.getIfModified("data/name.php", function(msg) {
* ok( msg == 'ERROR', 'Check ifModified' );
* start();
* });
*
* @name $.getIfModified
* @type undefined
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
* @param Hash params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
getIfModified: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
jQuery.get(url, data, callback, type, 1);
},
/**
* Loads, and executes, a remote JavaScript file using an HTTP GET request.
* All of the arguments to the method (except URL) are optional.
*
* @example $.getScript("test.js")
*
* @example $.getScript("test.js", function(){
* alert("Script loaded and executed.");
* })
*
* @test stop();
* $.getScript("data/test.js", function() {
* ok( foobar == "bar", 'Check if script was evaluated' );
* start();
* });
*
* @test
* $.getScript("data/test.js");
* ok( true, "Check with single argument, can't verify" );
*
* @name $.getScript
* @type undefined
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
getScript: function( url, callback ) {
if(callback)
jQuery.get(url, null, callback, "script");
else {
jQuery.get(url, null, null, "script");
}
},
/**
* Load a remote JSON object using an HTTP GET request.
* All of the arguments to the method (except URL) are optional.
*
* @example $.getJSON("test.js", function(json){
* alert("JSON Data: " + json.users[3].name);
* })
*
* @example $.getJSON("test.js",
* { name: "John", time: "2pm" },
* function(json){
* alert("JSON Data: " + json.users[3].name);
* }
* )
*
* @test stop();
* $.getJSON("data/json.php", {json: "array"}, function(json) {
* ok( json[0].name == 'John', 'Check JSON: first, name' );
* ok( json[0].age == 21, 'Check JSON: first, age' );
* ok( json[1].name == 'Peter', 'Check JSON: second, name' );
* ok( json[1].age == 25, 'Check JSON: second, age' );
* start();
* });
* @test stop();
* $.getJSON("data/json.php", function(json) {
* ok( json.data.lang == 'en', 'Check JSON: lang' );
* ok( json.data.length == 25, 'Check JSON: length' );
* start();
* });
*
* @name $.getJSON
* @type undefined
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
* @param Hash params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
getJSON: function( url, data, callback ) {
jQuery.get(url, data, callback, "json");
},
/**
* Load a remote page using an HTTP POST request. All of the arguments to
* the method (except URL) are optional.
*
* @example $.post("test.cgi")
*
* @example $.post("test.cgi", { name: "John", time: "2pm" } )
*
* @example $.post("test.cgi", function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* })
*
* @example $.post("test.cgi",
* { name: "John", time: "2pm" },
* function(data){
* alert("Data Loaded: " + data);
* }
* )
*
* @test stop();
* $.post("data/name.php", {xml: "5-2"}, function(xml){
* $('math', xml).each(function() {
* ok( $('calculation', this).text() == '5-2', 'Check for XML' );
* ok( $('result', this).text() == '3', 'Check for XML' );
* });
* start();
* });
*
* @name $.post
* @type undefined
* @param String url The URL of the page to load.
* @param Hash params A set of key/value pairs that will be sent to the server.
* @param Function callback A function to be executed whenever the data is loaded.
* @cat AJAX
*/
post: function( url, data, callback, type ) {
// Delegate
jQuery.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: data,
success: callback,
dataType: type
});
},
// timeout (ms)
timeout: 0,
/**
* Set the timeout of all AJAX requests to a specific amount of time.
* This will make all future AJAX requests timeout after a specified amount
* of time (the default is no timeout).
*
* @example $.ajaxTimeout( 5000 );
* @desc Make all AJAX requests timeout after 5 seconds.
*
* @test stop();
* var passed = 0;
* var timeout;
* $.ajaxTimeout(1000);
* var pass = function() {
* passed++;
* if(passed == 2) {
* ok( true, 'Check local and global callbacks after timeout' );
* clearTimeout(timeout);
* $('#main').unbind("ajaxError");
* start();
* }
* };
* var fail = function() {
* ok( false, 'Check for timeout failed' );
* start();
* };
* timeout = setTimeout(fail, 1500);
* $('#main').ajaxError(pass);
* $.ajax({
* type: "GET",
* url: "data/name.php?wait=5",
* error: pass,
* success: fail
* });
*
* @test stop(); $.ajaxTimeout(50);
* $.ajax({
* type: "GET",
* timeout: 5000,
* url: "data/name.php?wait=1",
* error: function() {
* ok( false, 'Check for local timeout failed' );
* start();
* },
* success: function() {
* ok( true, 'Check for local timeout' );
* start();
* }
* });
* // reset timeout
* $.ajaxTimeout(0);
*
*
* @name $.ajaxTimeout
* @type undefined
* @param Number time How long before an AJAX request times out.
* @cat AJAX
*/
ajaxTimeout: function(timeout) {
jQuery.timeout = timeout;
},
// Last-Modified header cache for next request
lastModified: {},
/**
* Load a remote page using an HTTP request. This function is the primary
* means of making AJAX requests using jQuery. $.ajax() takes one property,
* an object of key/value pairs, that're are used to initalize the request.
*
* These are all the key/values that can be passed in to 'prop':
*
* (String) type - The type of request to make (e.g. "POST" or "GET").
*
* (String) url - The URL of the page to request.
*
*
* (String) dataType - The type of data that you're expecting back from
* the server (e.g. "xml", "html", "script", or "json").
*
* (Boolean) ifModified - Allow the request to be successful only if the
* response has changed since the last request, default is false, ignoring
* the Last-Modified header
*
* (Number) timeout - Local timeout to override global timeout, eg. to give a
* single request a longer timeout while all others timeout after 1 seconds,
* see $.ajaxTimeout
*
* (Boolean) global - Wheather to trigger global AJAX event handlers for
* this request, default is true. Set to true to prevent that global handlers
* like ajaxStart or ajaxStop are triggered.
*
* (Function) error - A function to be called if the request fails. The
* function gets passed two arguments: The XMLHttpRequest object and a
* string describing the type of error that occurred.
*
* (Function) success - A function to be called if the request succeeds. The
* function gets passed one argument: The data returned from the server,
* formatted according to the 'dataType' parameter.
*
* (Function) complete - A function to be called when the request finishes. The
* function gets passed two arguments: The XMLHttpRequest object and a
* string describing the type the success of the request.
*
* (String) data - Data to be sent to the server. Converted to a query
* string, if not already a string. Is appended to the url for GET-requests.
* Override processData option to prevent processing.
*
* (String) contentType - When sending data to the server, use this content-type,
* default is "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", which is fine for most cases.
*
* (Boolean) processData - By default, data passed in as an object other as string
* will be processed and transformed into a query string, fitting to the default
* content-type "application/x-www-form-urlencoded". If you want to send DOMDocuments,
* set this option to false.
*
* @example $.ajax({
* type: "GET",
* url: "test.js",
* dataType: "script"
* })
* @desc Load and execute a JavaScript file.
*
* @example $.ajax({
* type: "POST",
* url: "some.php",
* data: "name=John&location=Boston",
* success: function(msg){
* alert( "Data Saved: " + msg );
* }
* });
* @desc Save some data to the server and notify the user once its complete.
*
* @test stop();
* $.ajax({
* type: "GET",
* url: "data/name.php?name=foo",
* success: function(msg){
* ok( msg == 'bar', 'Check for GET' );
* start();
* }
* });
*
* @test stop();
* $.ajax({
* type: "POST",
* url: "data/name.php",
* data: "name=peter",
* success: function(msg){
* ok( msg == 'pan', 'Check for POST' );
* start();
* }
* });
*
* @test stop();
* window.foobar = undefined;
* window.foo = undefined;
* var verifyEvaluation = function() {
* ok( foobar == "bar", 'Check if script src was evaluated for datatype html' );
* start();
* };
* $.ajax({
* dataType: "html",
* url: "data/test.html",
* success: function(data) {
* ok( data.match(/^html text/), 'Check content for datatype html' );
* ok( foo == "foo", 'Check if script was evaluated for datatype html' );
* setTimeout(verifyEvaluation, 600);
* }
* });
*
* @test stop();
* $.ajax({
* url: "data/with_fries.xml", dataType: "xml", type: "GET", data: "", success: function(resp) {
* ok( $("properties", resp).length == 1, 'properties in responseXML' );
* ok( $("jsconf", resp).length == 1, 'jsconf in responseXML' );
* ok( $("thing", resp).length == 2, 'things in responseXML' );
* start();
* }
* });
*
* @name $.ajax
* @type undefined
* @param Hash prop A set of properties to initialize the request with.
* @cat AJAX
*/
ajax: function( s ) {
// TODO introduce global settings, allowing the client to modify them for all requests, not only timeout
s = jQuery.extend({
global: true,
ifModified: false,
type: "GET",
timeout: jQuery.timeout,
complete: null,
success: null,
error: null,
dataType: null,
url: null,
data: null,
contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
processData: true
}, s);
// if data available
if ( s.data ) {
// convert data if not already a string
if (s.processData && typeof s.data != 'string')
s.data = jQuery.param(s.data);
// append data to url for get requests
if( s.type.toLowerCase() == "get" )
// "?" + data or "&" + data (in case there are already params)
s.url += ((s.url.indexOf("?") > -1) ? "&" : "?") + s.data;
}
// Watch for a new set of requests
if ( s.global && ! jQuery.active++ )
jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStart" );
var requestDone = false;
// Create the request object
var xml = new XMLHttpRequest();
// Open the socket
xml.open(s.type, s.url, true);
// Set the correct header, if data is being sent
if ( s.data )
xml.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", s.contentType);
// Set the If-Modified-Since header, if ifModified mode.
if ( s.ifModified )
xml.setRequestHeader("If-Modified-Since",
jQuery.lastModified[s.url] || "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT" );
// Set header so the called script knows that it's an XMLHttpRequest
xml.setRequestHeader("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
// Make sure the browser sends the right content length
if ( xml.overrideMimeType )
xml.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
// Wait for a response to come back
var onreadystatechange = function(isTimeout){
// The transfer is complete and the data is available, or the request timed out
if ( xml && (xml.readyState == 4 || isTimeout == "timeout") ) {
requestDone = true;
var status = jQuery.httpSuccess( xml ) && isTimeout != "timeout" ?
s.ifModified && jQuery.httpNotModified( xml, s.url ) ? "notmodified" : "success" : "error";
// Make sure that the request was successful or notmodified
if ( status != "error" ) {
// Cache Last-Modified header, if ifModified mode.
var modRes;
try {
modRes = xml.getResponseHeader("Last-Modified");
} catch(e) {} // swallow exception thrown by FF if header is not available
if ( s.ifModified && modRes )
jQuery.lastModified[s.url] = modRes;
// If a local callback was specified, fire it
if ( s.success )
s.success( jQuery.httpData( xml, s.dataType ), status );
// Fire the global callback
if( s.global )
jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxSuccess" );
// Otherwise, the request was not successful
} else {
// If a local callback was specified, fire it
if ( s.error ) s.error( xml, status );
// Fire the global callback
if( s.global )
jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxError" );
}
// The request was completed
if( s.global )
jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxComplete" );
// Handle the global AJAX counter
if ( s.global && ! --jQuery.active )
jQuery.event.trigger( "ajaxStop" );
// Process result
if ( s.complete ) s.complete(xml, status);
// Stop memory leaks
xml.onreadystatechange = function(){};
xml = null;
}
};
xml.onreadystatechange = onreadystatechange;
// Timeout checker
if(s.timeout > 0)
setTimeout(function(){
// Check to see if the request is still happening
if (xml) {
// Cancel the request
xml.abort();
if ( !requestDone ) onreadystatechange( "timeout" );
// Clear from memory
xml = null;
}
}, s.timeout);
// Send the data
xml.send(s.data);
},
// Counter for holding the number of active queries
active: 0,
// Determines if an XMLHttpRequest was successful or not
httpSuccess: function(r) {
try {
return !r.status && location.protocol == "file:" ||
( r.status >= 200 && r.status < 300 ) || r.status == 304 ||
jQuery.browser.safari && r.status == undefined;
} catch(e){}
return false;
},
// Determines if an XMLHttpRequest returns NotModified
httpNotModified: function(xml, url) {
try {
var xmlRes = xml.getResponseHeader("Last-Modified");
// Firefox always returns 200. check Last-Modified date
return xml.status == 304 || xmlRes == jQuery.lastModified[url] ||
jQuery.browser.safari && xml.status == undefined;
} catch(e){}
return false;
},
/* Get the data out of an XMLHttpRequest.
* Return parsed XML if content-type header is "xml" and type is "xml" or omitted,
* otherwise return plain text.
* (String) data - The type of data that you're expecting back,
* (e.g. "xml", "html", "script")
*/
httpData: function(r,type) {
var ct = r.getResponseHeader("content-type");
var data = !type && ct && ct.indexOf("xml") >= 0;
data = type == "xml" || data ? r.responseXML : r.responseText;
// If the type is "script", eval it
if ( type == "script" ) eval.call( window, data );
// Get the JavaScript object, if JSON is used.
if ( type == "json" ) eval( "data = " + data );
// evaluate scripts within html
if ( type == "html" ) jQuery("
").html(data).evalScripts();
return data;
},
// Serialize an array of form elements or a set of
// key/values into a query string
param: function(a) {
var s = [];
// If an array was passed in, assume that it is an array
// of form elements
if ( a.constructor == Array || a.jquery ) {
// Serialize the form elements
for ( var i = 0; i < a.length; i++ )
s.push( a[i].name + "=" + encodeURIComponent( a[i].value ) );
// Otherwise, assume that it's an object of key/value pairs
} else {
// Serialize the key/values
for ( var j in a ) {
//if one value is array then treat each array value in part
if (typeof a[j] == 'object') {
for (var k = 0; k < a[j].length; k++) {
s.push( j + "[]=" + encodeURIComponent( a[j][k] ) );
}
} else {
s.push( j + "=" + encodeURIComponent( a[j] ) );
}
}
}
// Return the resulting serialization
return s.join("&");
}
});