XMLHttpRequest Object methods (Griffin Interactive)

XMLHttpRequest Object methods

Jul 15

Description of the Methods and Properties used to make up the XMLHttpRequest Object
Method/Property	Description
abort()	Stops the current request.
getAllResponseHeaders()	Returns the response headers as a string.
getResponseHeader("headerLabel")	Returns a single response header as a string.
open("method", "URL"[, asyncFlag[, "userName"[, "password"]]])	Initializes the request parameters.
send(content)	Performs the HTTP request.
setRequestHeader("label", "value")	Sets a label/value pair to the request header.
onreadystatechange	Used to set the callback function that handles request state changes.
readyState	Returns the status of the request:
	0 = uninitialised
	1 = loading
	2 = loaded
	3 = interactive
	4 = complete
responseText	Returns the server response as a string.
responseXML	Returns the server response as an XML document.
Status	Returns the status code of the request.
statusText	Returns the status message of the request.