/** * * jquery.binarytransport.js * * @description. jQuery ajax transport for making binary data type requests. * @version 1.0 * @author Henry Algus * */ // use this transport for "binary" data type $.ajaxTransport("+binary", function(options, originalOptions, jqXHR){ // check for conditions and support for blob / arraybuffer response type if (window.FormData && ((options.dataType && (options.dataType == 'binary')) || (options.data && ((window.ArrayBuffer && options.data instanceof ArrayBuffer) || (window.Blob && options.data instanceof Blob))))) { return { // create new XMLHttpRequest send: function(headers, callback){ // setup all variables var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(), url = options.url, type = options.type, async = options.async || true, // blob or arraybuffer. Default is blob dataType = options.responseType || "blob", data = options.data || null, username = options.username || null, password = options.password || null; xhr.addEventListener('load', function(){ var data = {}; data[options.dataType] = xhr.response; // make callback and send data callback(xhr.status, xhr.statusText, data, xhr.getAllResponseHeaders()); }); xhr.open(type, url, async, username, password); // setup custom headers for (var i in headers ) { xhr.setRequestHeader(i, headers[i] ); } xhr.responseType = dataType; xhr.send(data); }, abort: function(){ jqXHR.abort(); } }; } });