# Answering to ajax request like it is normal

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answering-to-ajax-request-like-it-is-normal/132147>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 17, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answering-to-ajax-request-like-it-is-normal/132147 "2008-03-17T12:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![fero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fero)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answering-to-ajax-request-like-it-is-normal/132147/1 "2008-03-17T12:54:51Z")

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hi. it is possible to decide on the server side if the answer is ajax or  
non?

or: it is possible to answer ajax-request like it was standard without  
page.redirect\_to ?

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**Author:** ![fero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@fero](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fero)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/answering-to-ajax-request-like-it-is-normal/132147/2 "2008-03-17T13:59:17Z")

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By “normal” I assume that you want to send back HTML instead of  
javascript?

Not really. The request was issued by js and is expecting a js  
response.

On Mar 17, 7:54 am, Frantisek P. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-