Ajax The XMLHttpRequest object
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The XMLHttpRequest object

Allows to interact with the servers, thanks to its methods and attributes.

Attributes

 

readyState the code successively changes value from 0 to 4 that means for "ready".
status 200 is OK
404 if the page is not found.
responseText holds loaded data as a string of characters.
responseXml holds an XML loaded file, DOM's method allows to extract data.
onreadystatechange property that takes a function as value that is invoked when the readystatechange event is dispatched.

 

Methods

 

open(mode, url, boolean)

mode: type of request, GET or POST
url: the location of the file, with a path.
boolean: true (asynchronous) / false (synchronous).
optionally, a login and a password may be added to arguments.

send("string")

null for a GET command.