jquery - Abort ajax load() from ajaxError -

i have lot of places in code fragment being loaded that:

$('<div />').load('/some/thing/', function() { /* put somewhere */ }); 

i have ajaxerror handler:

$(document).ajaxerror(function(event, jqxhr, settings, exception) {     if (jqxhr.status = 401) {         return alert('401!!');     }     if (jqxhr.status = 404) {         return alert('404!!');     }     return alert('boo!'); }); 

however, if ajaxerror triggered, handler associated load still fired. there way cancel "completed" handler (which used fire load handler) ajaxerror.

i have played around deferred, problem seems cannot access completedeferred object. in jquery ajax.js:

jqxhr.complete = completedeferred.add; 

the .add() method, however, useless. if somehow call .empty() method of underlying deferred object..

any ideas?

edit: not care aborting http request. done, fine. keep callback (that attached via .load()) firing.

you have either switch .load more generalized ajax method, or else detect failure within event handler.

to detect failure:

$('<div />').load('/some/thing/', function(response, status, xhr) {     if (status === "error") return;     // existing code goes here }); 

to use more general method:

$.get("/some/thing/").done(function(response) {     $("<div />").html(response) // etc etc });