Introduction GET
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Front-End
Basic examples of XMLHttpRequest - GET
GET request
Html
<div id="info1"></div> <button id="send1" type="button" class="">send1</button>
Html
<div id="info2"></div> <div id="state2"></div> <button id="send2" type="button" class="">send2</button>
Javascript
function message1(msg){
document.getElementById('info1').innerHTML = msg;
}
function getXHR(){
var xhr = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else { //code for IE6, IE5
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
return xhr;
}
xhr1 = getXHR();
if(!xhr1) message1("Ajax is not supported by your browser!");
xhr1.onload = function() {
if (xhr1.status === 200){
message1(xhr1.responseText);
}
else{
message1("Error " + xhr1.status);
}
}
xhr1.onerror = function() {
message1("Error: No response from server.");
}
var url = "answer_me/that/";
var params = "?question=To be or not to be?";
xhr1.open('GET', url+params);
var send1 = document.getElementById("send1");
send1.onclick = function(){
xhr1.send(null);
}
Javascript
function message2(msg){
document.getElementById('info2').innerHTML = msg;
}
function state2(msg){
document.getElementById('state2').innerHTML = msg;
}
function getXHR(){
var xhr = false;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else { //code for IE6, IE5
xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
return xhr;
}
xhr2 = getXHR();
if(!xhr2) message2("Ajax is not supported by your browser!");
xhr2.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr2.readyState < 4){
state2("Ready sending data...")
}
else if (xhr2.readyState === 4) {
state2("Done.")
if (xhr2.status == 200 && xhr2.status < 300){
message2(xhr2.responseText);
}
else{
message2("Error " + xhr2.status);
}
}
}
xhr2.onerror = function() {
message2("Error: No response from server.");
}
var url = "answer_me/that/";
var params = "?question=To be or not to be?";
xhr2.open('GET', url+params);
var send2 = document.getElementById("send2");
send2.onclick = function(){
xhr2.send(null);
}
server
def answer_me(request):
method = request.method
if(method == "GET"):
question = request.GET['question']
return HttpResponse("Your question was: '" + question+"'")
if(method == "POST"):
question = request.POST['question']
return HttpResponse("Your question was: '" + question+"'")