New: Project Aphrodite

frontend/src/Utilities/createAjaxRequest.js

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+import $ from 'jquery';
+
+export default function createAjaxRequest(ajaxOptions) {
+  const requestXHR = new window.XMLHttpRequest();
+  let aborted = false;
+  let complete = false;
+
+  function abortRequest() {
+    if (!complete) {
+      aborted = true;
+      requestXHR.abort();
+    }
+  }
+
+  const request = $.ajax({
+    xhr: () => requestXHR,
+    ...ajaxOptions
+  }).then(null, (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) => {
+    xhr.aborted = aborted;
+
+    return $.Deferred().reject(xhr, textStatus, errorThrown).promise();
+  }).always(() => {
+    complete = true;
+  });
+
+  return {
+    request,
+    abortRequest
+  };
+}