function makeRequest(url) { var http_request = false; if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,... http_request = new XMLHttpRequest(); if (http_request.overrideMimeType) { http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml'); } } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE try { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { } } } if (!http_request) { alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance'); return false; } http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request); }; http_request.open('GET', url, true); http_request.send(null); } function alertContents(http_request) { if (http_request.readyState == 4) { if (http_request.status == 200) { // alert(http_request.getAllResponseHeaders()); alert(http_request.getResponseHeader("Content-Type")); } else { alert('There was a problem with the request.'); } } }