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AJAX - The XMLHttpRequest Object

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AJAX - More About the XMLHttpRequest Object

Before sending data to the server, we have to explain three important properties of the XMLHttpRequest object.

The onreadystatechange Property

After a request to the server, we need a function that can receive the data that is returned by the server.

The onreadystatechange property stores the function that will process the response from a server. The following code defines an empty function and sets the onreadystatechange property at the same time:

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
// We are going to write some code here
}

The readyState Property

The readyState property holds the status of the server's response. Each time the readyState changes, the onreadystatechange function will be executed.

Here are the possible values for the readyState property:

StateDescription
0The request is not initialized
1The request has been set up
2The request has been sent
3The request is in process
4The request is complete

We are going to add an If statement to the onreadystatechange function to test if our response is complete (this means that we can get our data):

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
  {
  // Get the data from the server's response
  }
}

The responseText Property

The data sent back from the server can be retrieved with the responseText property.

In our code, we will set the value of our "time" input field equal to responseText:

xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
{
if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
  {
  document.myForm.time.value=xmlHttp.responseText;
  }
}

The next chapter shows how to ask the server for some data!


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