jquery - Async false for shorthand AJAX get request

Question

I am using the following ajax get function to check the status of a user. Is it possible to set async: false with this shorthand method? If not how can this be changed so that I can add async false?

$.get("/submit/checkuser/", function (userStatus) {
    if (userStatus == 'Disabled') { // check if user if disabled                    

    } else if (userStatus == 'Deleted') { // check if user if deleted

    } else {

    };
}).fail(function () {                
    connectionError();
});

Answer 1

The only way to make a synchronous $.get call is to set ajaxSetup to synchronous:

jQuery.ajaxSetup({async:false});

This is considered bad form though, since it affects every ajax call made by JQuery on the page. I would suggest just biting the bullet and using the more elaborate jQuery.ajax syntax.

See How can I get jQuery to perform a synchronous, rather than asynchronous, Ajax request? for a fuller discussion.