responseType property (Internet Explorer)

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Describes the data type of the response associated with the request.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

JavaScript
object.responseType = ptr ptr = object.responseType

Property values

Type: DOMString

One of the following values:

Value	Condition
arraybuffer	The response is an array buffer.
blob	The response is binary data.
document	The response is a document.
ms-stream	The response is part of a streaming download. This value is supported only for download requests.
text	The response is text.

Examples

The following example uses the responseType property to request binary data from the server.

JavaScript


var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "download?name=" + name, true);
xhr.responseType = "blob";
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (xhr.readyState == xhr.DONE) {
    var blob = xhr.reponse;
    var image = document.getElementById("my-image");
    image.addEventListener("load", function (evt) {
      URL.revokeObjectURL(evt.target.src);
    }
    image.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  }
}
xhr.send();

responseType property

Syntax

Property values

Examples

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