Useful ajax snippets

ajax-tools.js

// Since the settings object is tied to that ajax call, you can simply add in the indexer
// as a custom setting, which you can then access using this in the success callback:
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18413969/pass-variable-to-function-in-jquery-ajax-success-callback
//preloader for images on gallery pages
window.onload = function() {
    var urls = ["./img/party/","./img/wedding/","./img/wedding/tree/"];

    setTimeout(function() {
        for ( var i = 0; i < urls.length; i++ ) {
            $.ajax({
                url: urls[i],
                indexValue: i,
                success: function(data) {
                    image_link(data , this.indexValue);

                    function image_link(data, i) {
                        $(data).find("a:contains(.jpg)").each(function(){ 
                            console.log(i);
                            new Image().src = urls[i] + $(this).attr("href");
                        });
                    }
                }
            });
        };  
    }, 1000);       
};