public Method

AbstractRequest.xml_http_request?

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Returns true if the request’s "X-Requested-With" header contains "XMLHttpRequest". (The Prototype Javascript library sends this header with every Ajax request.)

Source Code

# File action_controller/request.rb, line 122
def xml_http_request?
  !(@env['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH'] !~ /XMLHttpRequest/i)
end
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