The XMLHttpRequest object is used to send and receive data between a web browser and web server. In this article, we are going to look at how to receive data from a web server.
To receive the response from a web server, you can use the responseText or responseXML property of the XMLHttpRequest object. In this article, we are going to look at the responseText in more detail.
HTML Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function loadAjax() {
var xhr = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
// IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else {
// IE5/IE6
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
if (xhr) {
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState == 4 && xhr.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("div1").innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
}
}
xhr.open("GET", "/demo/ajax_load.txt", true);
xhr.send(null);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img id="img1" onclick="loadAjax()" src="go.png" /> ;
<div id="div1"> <!-- Some Content --> </div>
</body>
</html>Syntax
xhr.responseText;responseText Property
If the response you receive from the web server is not XML, then use the responseText property. The responseText property returns the response as a string.
document.getElementById("div1").innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
