HTTP Request

HTTP Request

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Published in: JavaScript 

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Generic global code for managing XMLHttpRequest objects.

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1. // ----------------------------------------
2. // Wrapper function for constructing a request object.
3. // Parameters:
4. // reqType: The HTTP request type, such as GET or POST.
5. // url: The URL of the server program.
6. // asynch: Whether to send the request asynchronously or not.
7. // ----------------------------------------
8.  
9. function httpRequest (reqType ,url ,asynch )  {
10.  
11. // Mozilla-based browsers
12. if  (window. XMLHttpRequest )  {
13. request  =  new XMLHttpRequest ( );
14. }  else  if  (window. ActiveXObject )  {
15. request  =  new ActiveXObject ( "Msxml2.XMLHTTP" );
16. if  ( !request )  {
17. request  =  new ActiveXObject ( "Microsoft.XMLHTTP" );
18. }
19. }
20.  
21. // Request could still be null if neither ActiveXObject
22. // initialization succeeded
23. if  (request )  {
24. // If the reqType param is POST, then the fifth arg is the POSTed data
25. if  (reqType. toLowerCase ( )  !=  "post" )  {
26. initReq (reqType , url , asynch , respHandle );
27. }  else  {
28. // The POSTed data
29. var args  = arguments [ 4 ];
30. if  (args  !=  null  && args. length  > 0 )  {
31. initReq (reqType , url , asynch , respHandle , args );
32. }
33. }
34. }  else  {
35. alert ( "Your browser does not permit the use of all "  +
36. "of this application's features!" );
37. }
38.  
39. }
40.  
41. // ----------------------------------------
42. // Initialize a request object that is already constructed
43. // ----------------------------------------
44.  
45. function initReq (reqType , url , bool , respHandle )  {
46. try  {
47. // Specify the function that will handle the HTTP response
48. request. onreadystatechange  = handleResponse;
49. request. open (reqType , url , bool );
50. // If the reqType param is POST, then the
51. // fifth argument to the function is the POSTed data
52. if  (reqType. toLowerCase ( )  ==  "post" )  {
53. // Set the Content-Type header for a POST request
54. request. setRequestHeader ( "Content-Type" ,  "application/x-ww-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8" );
55. request. send (arguments [ 4 ] );
56. }  else  {
57. request. send ( null );
58. }
59. }  catch  (errv )  {
60. alert ( "The application cannot contact the server at the moment. "  +
61. "Please try again in a few seconds.\n"  +
62. "Error detail: " errv. message );
63. }
64. }