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# AJAX
### XMLHttpRequest Object
All modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE7+, Edge, Safari, Opera) have a built-in `XMLHttpRequest` object.
Syntax for creating an `XMLHttpRequest`
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
request
```
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/login",
type: 'GET',
// Fetch the stored token from localStorage and set in the header
headers: {"Authorization": localStorage.getItem('token')}
});
$.ajax({
url: "http://localhost:8080/login",
type: "POST",
headers: { Authorization: $`Bearer ${localStorage.getItem("token")}` },
data: formData,
error: function(err) {
switch (err.status) {
case "400":
// bad request
break;
case "401":
// unauthorized
break;
case "403":
// forbidden
break;
default:
//Something bad happened
break;
}
},
success: function(data) {
console.log("Success!");
}
});
```
### XMLHttpRequest Object Methods
| Method | Description |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| new XMLHttpRequest() | Creates a new XMLHttpRequest object |
| abort() | Cancels the current request |
| getAllResponseHeaders() | Returns header information |
| getResponseHeader() | Returns specific header information |
| open(*method, url, async, user, psw*) | Specifies the request
method: the request type GET or POST
url: the file location
async: true (asynchronous) or false (synchronous)
user: optional user name
psw: optional password
|
| send() | Sends the request to the server
Used for GET requests
|
| send(*string*) | Sends the request to the server.
Used for POST requests
|
| setRequestHeader() | Adds a label/value pair to the header to be sent |
### XMLHttpRequest Object Properties
| Property | Description |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| onreadystatechange | Defines a function to be called when the readyState property changes |
| readyState | Holds the status of the XMLHttpRequest.
0: request not initialized
1: server connection established
2: request received
3: processing request
4: request finished and response is ready
|
| responseText | Returns the response data as a string |
| responseXML | Returns the response data as XML data |
| status | Returns the status-number of a request
200: "OK"
403: "Forbidden"
404: "Not Found"
For a complete list go to the Http Messages Reference
|
| statusText | Returns the status-text (e.g. "OK" or "Not Found") |
## Send a Request To a Server
To send a request to a server, we use the open() and send() methods of the `XMLHttpRequest` object:xhttp.open("GET", "ajax\_info.txt", true);\
xhttp.send();
| Method | Description |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| open(method, url, async) | Specifies the type of request
method: the type of request: GET or POST
url: the server (file) location
async: true (asynchronous) or false (synchronous)
|
| send() | Sends the request to the server (used for GET) |
| send(string) | Sends the request to the server (used for POST) |
A simple `GET` request:
xhttp.open("GET", "demo\_get.asp", true);\
xhttp.send();
xhttp.open("GET", "demo\_get2.asp?fname=Henry\&lname=Ford", true); xhttp.send();
```
fetch('http://example.com/movies.json')
.then(function(response) {
return response.json();
})
.then(function(myJson) {
console.log(myJson);
});
```
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