I cannot get ajaxSend (http://api.jquery.com/ajaxSend/) to properly modify the parameters to include a random timestamp and, for IE's sake, a _method=value pair. I have:

$(document).ajaxSend(function(event, request, settings) {
    settings
.data = $.deparam(settings.data);
    settings
.data['random'] = new Date().getTime();
    settings
.data['_method'] = settings.type;
    settings
.data = $.param(settings.data)
    $
.log(settings);
});


$


(document).ready(function() {
    
//...snip...
    $
.ajaxSetup({
        data 
: {
            remote 
: 1,
            authenticity_token 
: encodeURIComponent(AUTH_TOKEN)
        
}
    
});
});

The idea here is that we always want 4 param sent across: ajaxSetup sets 'remote' and 'auth_token' properly without fail. However, 'random' and '_method' (both needed for different IE issues) do not get set despite the "proof" I have from the log statement at the end of ajaxSend which shows me that they are set to settings.data:

"remote=1&authenticity_token=6GA9R_snip_253D&random=1270584905846&_method=get"

So it looks like settings.data has the _method and remote values, but when it gets sent across the wire, I only have the following:

  authenticity_token 6GA9R_snip_253D
  remote 
1

So my questions is how can I make sure that what gets sent across the wire is the
value I set settings.data to in my ajaxSend() method?