Chaining ajax calls using then, handling expected failure

Question

I have a call thus:

$.ajax({url:"url", ....}).then(function(response) {
  if (response.sucess) {
    return $.ajax({.....});
  }
  else {
    //what do I return here so the next then doesn't fire but no error is raised?
  }
}).then(function(response2) {
   //....Do more stuff
});

So the first ajax call returns a success flag. If this succeeds then I want it to continue. If it doesn't I want to prevent the next then from firing. I'm unsure what I should return from the first then when success == false?

I feel like I should return a $.Deferred as this is what then expects but I'm not sure how to do this being as I'm not firing another deferred action.

Answer 1

Figured it out. Need to return a .reject();

$.ajax({url:"url", ....}).then(function(response) {
  if (response.sucess) {
    return $.ajax({.....});
  }
  else {
    return $.Deferred().reject();
  }
}).then(function(response2) {
   //....Do more stuff
});