I am trying to calculate the progress of a file upload, so I was using Superagent. I was able to get the progress of the file upload.

Now when a user selects the cancel button, I need to interrupt or cancel the post request. Is there any way to do that. The following is my code:

var file = somefile.pdf
Request.post('.php?dir=example')
  .set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8")
  .send(file)
  .on('progress', function(e) {
    console.log('Progress', e.percent);
  })
  .end((err, res) => {
      console.log(err);
      console.log(res);
  })

I am trying to calculate the progress of a file upload, so I was using Superagent. I was able to get the progress of the file upload.

Now when a user selects the cancel button, I need to interrupt or cancel the post request. Is there any way to do that. The following is my code:

var file = somefile.pdf
Request.post('http://posttestserver./post.php?dir=example')
  .set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8")
  .send(file)
  .on('progress', function(e) {
    console.log('Progress', e.percent);
  })
  .end((err, res) => {
      console.log(err);
      console.log(res);
  })

• javascript
• reactjs
• superagent

3 Answers 3

After some research I was able to find out how to interrupt or cancel or abort a superagent request. The following code will work:

var file = somefile.pdf
var req = Request.post('http://posttestserver./post.php?dir=example')
  .set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8")
  .send(file)
  .on('progress', function(e) {
    if (condition) {
      req.abort() // to cancel the request
    }
    console.log('Progress', e.percent);
  })
  .end((err, res) => {
      console.log(err);
      console.log(res);
  })

Additional information from their docs

.abort()

should abort the request

var req = request
  .get(uri + '/delay/3000')
  .end(function(err, res){
    try {
    assert(false, 'should not plete the request');
    } catch(e) { done(e); }
      });
  req.on('error', function(error){
    done(error);
  });
  req.on('abort', done);
  setTimeout(function() {
    req.abort();
  }, 500);

should allow chaining .abort() several times

var req = request
  .get(uri + '/delay/3000')
  .end(function(err, res){
    try {
    assert(false, 'should not plete the request');
    } catch(e) { done(e); }
  });
  // This also verifies only a single 'done' event is emitted
  req.on('abort', done);
  setTimeout(function() {
    req.abort().abort().abort();
  }, 1000);

Selected answer is not correct anymore. Nor is superagent's doc, mentionning a vague req variable which is nowhere defined.

Truth is :

• .end() return undefined (since this mit)
• .then() returns a Promise

.end() is more or less deprecated and its documentation is wrong:

    /*
     * Initiate request, invoking callback `fn(res)`
     * with an instanceof `Response`.
     *
     * @param {Function} fn
     * @return {Request} for chaining
     * @api public
     */

    Request.prototype.end = function (fn) {
      if (this._endCalled) {
        console.warn("Warning: .end() was called twice. This is not supported in superagent");
      }
      this._endCalled = true;

      // store callback
      this._callback = fn || noop;

      // querystring
      this._finalizeQueryString();

      this._end();
    };

Solution:

var chain = request.get(uri + '/delay/3000');

chain.end(function(err, res){
    try {
        assert(false, 'should not plete the request');
    } catch(e) { done(e); }
});

setTimeout(function() {
    chain.req.abort();
}, 1000);

Trying to figure out how to get cancel working with promises I did the following:

var req = request.get('/');

req.then((response) => { 
  // do work 
}).catch((error) => {});

req.xhr.abort();