Add Request Header to jQuery Ajax Requests

Sometimes it is necessary to determine if a request was performed by a jQuery Ajax call or a normal request. Using ajaxSetup it is possible to add custom headers to all Ajax requests executed by jQuery.

$.ajaxSetup({
   'beforeSend': function(xhr) {           
      xhr.setRequestHeader("AJAX", "true");
    }
});

Server-side you can then check the request header to identify the type of request and output the appropriate response.

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