response property

Returns the response received from the server.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

JavaScript
ptr = object.response

Property values

Type: any

The response received for the request or null if no response is received.

Examples

The following example uses the value returned response property to define the source for an image on a webpage.

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.response;
    var image = document.getElementById("my-image");
    image.addEventListener("load", function (evt) {
      URL.revokeObjectURL(evt.target.src);
    }
    image.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
  }
}
xhr.send();

response property

Syntax

Property values

Examples

See also