# htmx-general
- r
rapid-chef-91464
04/30/2021, 5:46 PMDoes htmx queue ajax requests (seems to, based on my observations)? Is there a way to cancel any in-flight requests and let the last one win? - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
04/30/2021, 6:00 PMRight now it queues one request and that isn't easily configurable - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
04/30/2021, 6:00 PMhyperscript does a better job, supporting different queueing models - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
04/30/2021, 6:00 PMwhen I work on 1.4, I can update this, can you log a github issue for me? - r
rapid-chef-91464
04/30/2021, 6:40 PMwill do, thanks! - r
rapid-chef-91464
04/30/2021, 8:28 PMAdded a new issue: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/470 I'm very open to feedback on wording and scope, btw - u
user
04/30/2021, 11:19 PMHey all I had a question about a use case for htmx and I dont know if its possible - u
user
04/30/2021, 11:20 PMbut I am using a redis queue on my server and I make a post request which returns the queue ID and then I need to start polling a URL with that ID for the response and update DOM - u
user
04/30/2021, 11:20 PMIs it possible to do that using HTMX alone? - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
05/01/2021, 12:18 AMSure you want to return some content that polls the given url. Assuming it is a process that will eventually terminate I’d recommend load polling https://htmx.org/docs/#load_polling - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:31 AM@User I have it setup like this. I have a form with a submit button. On submit, I fire a post request and I update dom with the returned HTML. - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:32 AMNow with my job queue I am going to have the same submit button fire same post request. Except this time I am going to return a single job id. From that point I need to start polling a get url that has that job id - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:32 AMidk If I can tell HTMX to use variables and do things like when I get response from this post request I want you to start polling this constructed URL and updated x div with the response - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
05/01/2021, 12:39 AMThe htmx way is to return html to do the polling. You could return a header to trigger an event but that’s getting outside the strengths of htmx imo - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:46 AMoh wow that makes sense - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:49 AMso return HTML with the polling HTMX in it and then continue polling until I get a response - u
user
05/01/2021, 12:49 AMlet me try to get this out - u
user
05/01/2021, 1:03 AM@mysterious-toddler-20573 thats brilliant! - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
05/01/2021, 1:05 AMYep sounds right - u
user
05/01/2021, 1:05 AMCan I have a loading indicator going as well? - u
user
05/01/2021, 1:05 AMPrior to this I had it on the post request and it would go until response is returned but in this case I'm waiting on the get response to stop - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
05/01/2021, 1:12 AMYou can have a spinner or a progress bar that updated each refresh - m
mysterious-toddler-20573
05/01/2021, 1:13 AM(At a kids baseball game sorry I can’t be more help) - u
user
05/01/2021, 1:17 AMthats fine I'll do some research and get back to you enjoy the game - p
plain-kangaroo-26043
05/01/2021, 2:41 PMSo basically if you have some CSS like this - p
plain-kangaroo-26043
05/01/2021, 2:41 PMhtml { overflow: hidden; } body { overflow-y: scroll; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch; } - p
plain-kangaroo-26043
05/01/2021, 2:42 PMthis will prevent the scroll event firing and so hx-trigger="revealed" won't work. I think body height: 100% or similar will also have the same effect - p
plain-kangaroo-26043
05/01/2021, 2:43 PMthis is why IntersectionObserver is better than relying on scroll event, if it's available - p
plain-kangaroo-26043
05/01/2021, 2:43 PM