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XMLHttpRequest property

Instantiates the XMLHttpRequest object for the window.

Syntax

JavaScript	`p = object.XMLHttpRequest`

Property values

Type: Object

the XMLHttpRequest.

Standards information

XMLHttpRequest, Section 3

Remarks

Despite its name, this method does not return an XMLHttpRequest object directly. Instead, it returns an IHTMLXMLHttpRequestFactory, which can be used to create an XMLHttpRequest object.

If the FEATURE_XMLHTTPREQUEST feature has been disabled, this method will return a Variant of type null. See CoInternetIsFeatureEnabled.

If the cross-domain request feature has been disabled in Windows Internet Explorer, this method returns null.

XMLHttpRequest was introduced in Windows Internet Explorer 7

Examples

The following script demonstrates how to create and use the XMLHttpRequest object:


if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
{
   var oReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
   if (oReq) {
      oReq.open("GET", "http://localhost/test.xml");
      oReq.send();
      console.log(oReq.statusText);
   }
}

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