Semi-elegant function to change jQuery's default AJAX settings ($.ajaxSetup) within a certain block of code.

jQuery.ajaxEnvironment.js

/*
 * jQuery.ajaxEnvironment.js
 * https://gist.github.com/jhogervorst/8166217
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Jonathan Hogervorst. All rights reserved.
 * This code is licensed under MIT license.
 */

(function($) {
	$.ajaxEnvironment = function(settings, block) {
		var originalSettings = $.ajaxSetup();
		var restoredSettings = {};
		
		$.each(settings, function(key) {
			restoredSettings[key] = originalSettings[key];
		});
		
		$.ajaxSetup(settings);
		block();
		$.ajaxSetup(restoredSettings);
	};
})(jQuery);

jQuery.ajaxEnvironment.md

jQuery.ajaxEnvironment

Semi-elegant function to change jQuery's default AJAX settings ($.ajaxSetup) within a certain block of code.

Usage

$.ajaxEnvironment({
	contentType: false,
	processData: false,
	// all AJAX settings you want to change
}, function() {
	// do whatever you want to do while the settings are changed
	$.ajax(...);
});

Compatibility

This code has been tested with jQuery 1.9.1 in Safari on Mac.

License

This code is licensed under MIT license.