Javascript ES6 Get JSON from URL (no jQuery)

Javascript ES6 Get JSON from URL (no jQuery) - javascript

I was wondering if there's any ES6 way of getting json or other data from a url.
jQuery GET and Ajax calls are very common but I don't want to use jQuery in this one.
A typical call would look like this:
var root = 'http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com';
$.ajax({
url: root + '/posts/1',
method: 'GET'
}).then(function(data) {
console.log(data);
});
or without jQuery something like this:
function loadXMLDoc() {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE ) {
if (xmlhttp.status == 200) {
document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
}
else if (xmlhttp.status == 400) {
alert('There was an error 400');
}
else {
alert('something else other than 200 was returned');
}
}
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "ajax_info.txt", true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
My question is...Is there any new ways of doing this ... for example ES6 or is it still the same way?

FETCH API
Example:
// url (required), options (optional)
fetch('https://davidwalsh.name/some/url', {
method: 'get'
}).then(function(response) {
}).catch(function(err) {
// Error :(
});
For more information:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API

Yes there is, using the new Fetch API. Using that you can compess it as much as doing something like:
fetch(url).then(r => r.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(e => console.log("Booo"))
However, it's not supported by all browsers yet and not everybody is equally positive about the Fetch API implementation.
Anyhow, you can create your own opinion on that and read up more on it here.

What you want is the Fetch API, but the Fetch API is not a part of ES6 - it just happens to use Promises, which were standardised in ES6.
To get JSON from a URL with the Fetch API:
window.fetch('/path/to.json')
.then(function(response){
return response.json();
}).then(function(json){
return doSomethingWith(json);
});
If you need to support browsers which don’t have the Fetch API, Github has open sourced a polyfill.

Here is another method using axios which is a Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js.
Installation:
npm install --save axios
or
yarn add axios
Then, in your project file:
import axios from 'axios'
const data = axios.get('/path/to/your/data.json')

Related

How to add some value to .js file? [duplicate]

I need to do an HTTP GET request in JavaScript. What's the best way to do that?
I need to do this in a Mac OS X dashcode widget.

Browsers (and Dashcode) provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make HTTP requests from JavaScript:
function httpGet(theUrl)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false ); // false for synchronous request
xmlHttp.send( null );
return xmlHttp.responseText;
}
However, synchronous requests are discouraged and will generate a warning along the lines of:
Note: Starting with Gecko 30.0 (Firefox 30.0 / Thunderbird 30.0 / SeaMonkey 2.27), synchronous requests on the main thread have been deprecated due to the negative effects to the user experience.
You should make an asynchronous request and handle the response inside an event handler.
function httpGetAsync(theUrl, callback)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200)
callback(xmlHttp.responseText);
}
xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, true); // true for asynchronous
xmlHttp.send(null);
}

window.fetch is a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest that makes use of ES6 promises. There's a nice explanation here, but it boils down to (from the article):
fetch(url).then(function(response) {
return response.json();
}).then(function(data) {
console.log(data);
}).catch(function(err) {
console.log('Fetch Error :-S', err);
});
Browser support has been good since 2017. IE will likely not get official support. GitHub has a polyfill available adds support to some legacy browsers (esp versions of Safari pre March 2017 and mobile browsers from the same period).
I guess whether this is more convenient than jQuery or XMLHttpRequest or not depends on the nature of the project.
Here's a link to the spec https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
Edit:
Using ES7 async/await, this becomes simply (based on this Gist):
async function fetchAsync (url) {
let response = await fetch(url);
let data = await response.json();
return data;
}

In jQuery:
$.get(
"somepage.php",
{paramOne : 1, paramX : 'abc'},
function(data) {
alert('page content: ' + data);
}
);

Lots of great advice above, but not very reusable, and too often filled with DOM nonsense and other fluff that hides the easy code.
Here's a Javascript class we created that's reusable and easy to use. Currently it only has a GET method, but that works for us. Adding a POST shouldn't tax anyone's skills.
var HttpClient = function() {
this.get = function(aUrl, aCallback) {
var anHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
anHttpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (anHttpRequest.readyState == 4 && anHttpRequest.status == 200)
aCallback(anHttpRequest.responseText);
}
anHttpRequest.open( "GET", aUrl, true );
anHttpRequest.send( null );
}
}
Using it is as easy as:
var client = new HttpClient();
client.get('http://some/thing?with=arguments', function(response) {
// do something with response
});

A version without callback
var i = document.createElement("img");
i.src = "/your/GET/url?params=here";

Here is code to do it directly with JavaScript. But, as previously mentioned, you'd be much better off with a JavaScript library. My favorite is jQuery.
In the case below, an ASPX page (that's servicing as a poor man's REST service) is being called to return a JavaScript JSON object.
var xmlHttp = null;
function GetCustomerInfo()
{
var CustomerNumber = document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerNumber" ).value;
var Url = "GetCustomerInfoAsJson.aspx?number=" + CustomerNumber;
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = ProcessRequest;
xmlHttp.open( "GET", Url, true );
xmlHttp.send( null );
}
function ProcessRequest()
{
if ( xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200 )
{
if ( xmlHttp.responseText == "Not found" )
{
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = "Not found";
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = "";
}
else
{
var info = eval ( "(" + xmlHttp.responseText + ")" );
// No parsing necessary with JSON!
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmname;
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmaddr1;
}
}
}

A copy-paste modern version ( using fetch and arrow function ) :
//Option with catch
fetch( textURL )
.then(async r=> console.log(await r.text()))
.catch(e=>console.error('Boo...' + e));
//No fear...
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( jsonURL )).json())
)
)();
A copy-paste classic version:
let request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState === 4) {
if (this.status === 200) {
document.body.className = 'ok';
console.log(this.responseText);
} else if (this.response == null && this.status === 0) {
document.body.className = 'error offline';
console.log("The computer appears to be offline.");
} else {
document.body.className = 'error';
}
}
};
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.send(null);

Short and clean:
const http = new XMLHttpRequest()
http.open("GET", "https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/toto/africa")
http.send()
http.onload = () => console.log(http.responseText)

IE will cache URLs in order to make loading faster, but if you're, say, polling a server at intervals trying to get new information, IE will cache that URL and will likely return the same data set you've always had.
Regardless of how you end up doing your GET request - vanilla JavaScript, Prototype, jQuery, etc - make sure that you put a mechanism in place to combat caching. In order to combat that, append a unique token to the end of the URL you're going to be hitting. This can be done by:
var sURL = '/your/url.html?' + (new Date()).getTime();
This will append a unique timestamp to the end of the URL and will prevent any caching from happening.

Modern, clean and shortest
fetch('https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=1')
let url = 'https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=all-meat&paras=1&start-with-lorem=2';
// to only send GET request without waiting for response just call
fetch(url);
// to wait for results use 'then'
fetch(url).then(r=> r.json().then(j=> console.log('\nREQUEST 2',j)));
// or async/await
(async()=>
console.log('\nREQUEST 3', await(await fetch(url)).json())
)();
Open Chrome console network tab to see request

Prototype makes it dead simple
new Ajax.Request( '/myurl', {
method: 'get',
parameters: { 'param1': 'value1'},
onSuccess: function(response){
alert(response.responseText);
},
onFailure: function(){
alert('ERROR');
}
});

One solution supporting older browsers:
function httpRequest() {
var ajax = null,
response = null,
self = this;
this.method = null;
this.url = null;
this.async = true;
this.data = null;
this.send = function() {
ajax.open(this.method, this.url, this.asnyc);
ajax.send(this.data);
};
if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0");
}
catch(e) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0");
}
catch(error) {
self.fail("not supported");
}
}
}
if(ajax == null) {
return false;
}
ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(this.readyState == 4) {
if(this.status == 200) {
self.success(this.responseText);
}
else {
self.fail(this.status + " - " + this.statusText);
}
}
};
}
Maybe somewhat overkill but you definitely go safe with this code.
Usage:
//create request with its porperties
var request = new httpRequest();
request.method = "GET";
request.url = "https://example.com/api?parameter=value";
//create callback for success containing the response
request.success = function(response) {
console.log(response);
};
//and a fail callback containing the error
request.fail = function(error) {
console.log(error);
};
//and finally send it away
request.send();

To do this Fetch API is the recommended approach, using JavaScript Promises. XMLHttpRequest (XHR), IFrame object or dynamic <script> tags are older (and clunkier) approaches.
<script type=“text/javascript”>
// Create request object
var request = new Request('https://example.com/api/...',
{ method: 'POST',
body: {'name': 'Klaus'},
headers: new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
});
// Now use it!
fetch(request)
.then(resp => {
// handle response
})
.catch(err => {
// handle errors
});
</script>
Here is a great fetch demo and MDN docs

I'm not familiar with Mac OS Dashcode Widgets, but if they let you use JavaScript libraries and support XMLHttpRequests, I'd use jQuery and do something like this:
var page_content;
$.get( "somepage.php", function(data){
page_content = data;
});

SET OF FUNCTIONS RECIPES EASY AND SIMPLE
I prepared a set of functions that are somehow similar but yet demonstrate new functionality as well as the simplicity that Javascript has reached if you know how to take advantage of it.
Let some basic constants
let data;
const URLAPI = "https://gorest.co.in/public/v1/users";
function setData(dt) {
data = dt;
}
Most simple
// MOST SIMPLE ONE
function makeRequest1() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(response => response.json()).then( json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 1 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
Variations using Promises and Async facilities
// ASYNC FUNCTIONS
function makeRequest2() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(async json => await setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 2 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
function makeRequest3() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 3 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
// Better Promise usages
function makeRequest4() {
const response = Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json())).then(json => setData(json) ).finally(()=> {
console.log("Data received 4 --> ", data);
})
}
Demostration of one liner function!!!
// ONE LINER STRIKE ASYNC WRAPPER FUNCTION
async function makeRequest5() {
console.log("Data received 5 -->", await Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json().then(json => json ))) );
}
WORTH MENTION ---> #Daniel De León propably the cleanest function*
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( URLAPI )).json())
)
)();
The top answer -> By #tggagne shows functionality with HttpClient API.
The same can be achieve with Fetch. As per this Using Fetch by MDN shows how you can pass a INIT as second argument, basically opening the possibility to configure easily an API with classic methods (get, post...) .
// Example POST method implementation:
async function postData(url = '', data = {}) {
// Default options are marked with *
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST', // *GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
mode: 'cors', // no-cors, *cors, same-origin
cache: 'no-cache', // *default, no-cache, reload, force-cache, only-if-cached
credentials: 'same-origin', // include, *same-origin, omit
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
// 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
},
redirect: 'follow', // manual, *follow, error
referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer', // no-referrer, *no-referrer-when-downgrade, origin, origin-when-cross-origin, same-origin, strict-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin, unsafe-url
body: JSON.stringify(data) // body data type must match "Content-Type" header
});
return response.json(); // parses JSON response into native JavaScript objects
}
postData('https://example.com/answer', { answer: 42 })
.then(data => {
console.log(data); // JSON data parsed by `data.json()` call
});
Node
Fetch is not available on Node (Server Side)
The easiest solution (end of 2021) is to use Axios.
$ npm install axios
Then Run:
const axios = require('axios');
const request = async (url) => await (await axios.get( url ));
let response = request(URL).then(resp => console.log(resp.data));

In your widget's Info.plist file, don't forget to set your AllowNetworkAccess key to true.

For those who use AngularJs, it's $http.get:
$http.get('/someUrl').
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// this callback will be called asynchronously
// when the response is available
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// called asynchronously if an error occurs
// or server returns response with an error status.
});

You can get an HTTP GET request in two ways:
This approach based on xml format. You have to pass the URL for the request.
xmlhttp.open("GET","URL",true);
xmlhttp.send();
This one is based on jQuery. You have to specify the URL and function_name you want to call.
$("btn").click(function() {
$.ajax({url: "demo_test.txt", success: function_name(result) {
$("#innerdiv").html(result);
}});
});

The best way is to use AJAX ( you can find a simple tutorial on this page Tizag). The reason is that any other technique you may use requires more code, it is not guaranteed to work cross browser without rework and requires you use more client memory by opening hidden pages inside frames passing urls parsing their data and closing them.
AJAX is the way to go in this situation. That my two years of javascript heavy development speaking.

now with asynchronus js we can use this method with fetch() method to make promises in a more concise way. Async functions are supported in all modern browsers.
async function funcName(url){
const response = await fetch(url);
var data = await response.json();
}

function get(path) {
var form = document.createElement("form");
form.setAttribute("method", "get");
form.setAttribute("action", path);
document.body.appendChild(form);
form.submit();
}
get('/my/url/')
Same thing can be done for post request as well.
Have a look at this link JavaScript post request like a form submit

To refresh best answer from joann with promise this is my code:
let httpRequestAsync = (method, url) => {
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = function () {
if (xhr.status == 200) {
resolve(xhr.responseText);
}
else {
reject(new Error(xhr.responseText));
}
};
xhr.send();
});
}

Simple async request:
function get(url, callback) {
var getRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
getRequest.open("get", url, true);
getRequest.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
if (getRequest.readyState === 4 && getRequest.status === 200) {
callback(getRequest.responseText);
}
});
getRequest.send();
}

Ajax
You'd be best off using a library such as Prototype or jQuery.

// Create a request variable and assign a new XMLHttpRequest object to it.
var request = new XMLHttpRequest()
// Open a new connection, using the GET request on the URL endpoint
request.open('GET', 'restUrl', true)
request.onload = function () {
// Begin accessing JSON data here
}
// Send request
request.send()

In pure javascript and returning a Promise:
httpRequest = (url, method = 'GET') => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = () => {
if (xhr.status === 200) { resolve(xhr.responseText); }
else { reject(new Error(xhr.responseText)); }
};
xhr.send();
});
}

If you want to use the code for a Dashboard widget, and you don't want to include a JavaScript library in every widget you created, then you can use the object XMLHttpRequest that Safari natively supports.
As reported by Andrew Hedges, a widget doesn't have access to a network, by default; you need to change that setting in the info.plist associated with the widget.

You can do it with pure JS too:
// Create the XHR object.
function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ("withCredentials" in xhr) {
// XHR for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari.
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != "undefined") {
// XDomainRequest for IE.
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
// CORS not supported.
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}
// Make the actual CORS request.
function makeCorsRequest() {
// This is a sample server that supports CORS.
var url = 'http://html5rocks-cors.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html';
var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', url);
if (!xhr) {
alert('CORS not supported');
return;
}
// Response handlers.
xhr.onload = function() {
var text = xhr.responseText;
alert('Response from CORS request to ' + url + ': ' + text);
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
alert('Woops, there was an error making the request.');
};
xhr.send();
}
See: for more details: html5rocks tutorial

Here is an alternative to xml files to load your files as an object and access properties as an object in a very fast way.
Attention, so that javascript can him and to interpret the content correctly it is necessary to save your files in the same format as your HTML page. If you use UTF 8 save your files in UTF8, etc.
XML works as a tree ok? instead of writing
<property> value <property>
write a simple file like this:
Property1: value
Property2: value
etc.
Save your file ..
Now call the function ....
var objectfile = {};
function getfilecontent(url){
var cli = new XMLHttpRequest();
cli.onload = function(){
if((this.status == 200 || this.status == 0) && this.responseText != null) {
var r = this.responseText;
var b=(r.indexOf('\n')?'\n':r.indexOf('\r')?'\r':'');
if(b.length){
if(b=='\n'){var j=r.toString().replace(/\r/gi,'');}else{var j=r.toString().replace(/\n/gi,'');}
r=j.split(b);
r=r.filter(function(val){if( val == '' || val == NaN || val == undefined || val == null ){return false;}return true;});
r = r.map(f => f.trim());
}
if(r.length > 0){
for(var i=0; i<r.length; i++){
var m = r[i].split(':');
if(m.length>1){
var mname = m[0];
var n = m.shift();
var ivalue = m.join(':');
objectfile[mname]=ivalue;
}
}
}
}
}
cli.open("GET", url);
cli.send();
}
now you can get your values efficiently.
getfilecontent('mesite.com/mefile.txt');
window.onload = function(){
if(objectfile !== null){
alert (objectfile.property1.value);
}
}
It's just a small gift to contibute to the group. Thanks of your like :)
If you want to test the function on your PC locally, restart your browser with the following command (supported by all browsers except safari):
yournavigator.exe '' --allow-file-access-from-files

<button type="button" onclick="loadXMLDoc()"> GET CONTENT</button>
<script>
function loadXMLDoc() {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "<Enter URL>";``
xmlhttp.onload = function () {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == "200") {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>

Calling API with Javascript html

What is the correct way to call this API? The api url is: https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd
I tried with this code
<p id="demo">
</p>
<script>
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
var myObj = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myObj.bitcoin;
}
};
xmlhttp.open("GET", "https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd" + new Date().getTime(), true);
xmlhttp.send();
</script>
however the value I get is [object Object]. I want to get the value in "usd".
Where am I wrong? Thx
Replaces myObj with myObj.usd but returns null value

The API returns in the form of {"bitcoin":{"usd": -insert value here-}}, so you have to use myObj.bitcoin.usd

You need to access the usd part of the object when you set the innerHTML as #SuspenseFallback mentioned.
You also need to remove the + new Date().getTime() part from your URL string. I don't see a date part in the API docs for the price endpoint.

you should use the fetch method. the better and the modern way of calling API using native javascript.
There is no problem with the way you did it but there are a few things that you can do with fetch and not with XHR.
you can read more about fetch by this link: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API
there is an example of using fetch:
fetch(
"https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd"
)
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((data) => {
console.log(data);
});
or you can use async-await to achieve the same result :
(async () => {
const response = await fetch(
"https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin&vs_currencies=usd"
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
})();
note: I have used Javascript Self Invoking Functions which is a
function that calls itself.

The answers quickly resolve the issue, however I ran into another problem where there are hyphenated words.
Sample API:
https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids=bitcoin-cash&vs_currencies=usd

How do I assign text from file to a variable with javascript? [duplicate]

I need to do an HTTP GET request in JavaScript. What's the best way to do that?
I need to do this in a Mac OS X dashcode widget.

Browsers (and Dashcode) provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make HTTP requests from JavaScript:
function httpGet(theUrl)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false ); // false for synchronous request
xmlHttp.send( null );
return xmlHttp.responseText;
}
However, synchronous requests are discouraged and will generate a warning along the lines of:
Note: Starting with Gecko 30.0 (Firefox 30.0 / Thunderbird 30.0 / SeaMonkey 2.27), synchronous requests on the main thread have been deprecated due to the negative effects to the user experience.
You should make an asynchronous request and handle the response inside an event handler.
function httpGetAsync(theUrl, callback)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200)
callback(xmlHttp.responseText);
}
xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, true); // true for asynchronous
xmlHttp.send(null);
}

window.fetch is a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest that makes use of ES6 promises. There's a nice explanation here, but it boils down to (from the article):
fetch(url).then(function(response) {
return response.json();
}).then(function(data) {
console.log(data);
}).catch(function(err) {
console.log('Fetch Error :-S', err);
});
Browser support has been good since 2017. IE will likely not get official support. GitHub has a polyfill available adds support to some legacy browsers (esp versions of Safari pre March 2017 and mobile browsers from the same period).
I guess whether this is more convenient than jQuery or XMLHttpRequest or not depends on the nature of the project.
Here's a link to the spec https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
Edit:
Using ES7 async/await, this becomes simply (based on this Gist):
async function fetchAsync (url) {
let response = await fetch(url);
let data = await response.json();
return data;
}

In jQuery:
$.get(
"somepage.php",
{paramOne : 1, paramX : 'abc'},
function(data) {
alert('page content: ' + data);
}
);

Lots of great advice above, but not very reusable, and too often filled with DOM nonsense and other fluff that hides the easy code.
Here's a Javascript class we created that's reusable and easy to use. Currently it only has a GET method, but that works for us. Adding a POST shouldn't tax anyone's skills.
var HttpClient = function() {
this.get = function(aUrl, aCallback) {
var anHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
anHttpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (anHttpRequest.readyState == 4 && anHttpRequest.status == 200)
aCallback(anHttpRequest.responseText);
}
anHttpRequest.open( "GET", aUrl, true );
anHttpRequest.send( null );
}
}
Using it is as easy as:
var client = new HttpClient();
client.get('http://some/thing?with=arguments', function(response) {
// do something with response
});

A version without callback
var i = document.createElement("img");
i.src = "/your/GET/url?params=here";

Here is code to do it directly with JavaScript. But, as previously mentioned, you'd be much better off with a JavaScript library. My favorite is jQuery.
In the case below, an ASPX page (that's servicing as a poor man's REST service) is being called to return a JavaScript JSON object.
var xmlHttp = null;
function GetCustomerInfo()
{
var CustomerNumber = document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerNumber" ).value;
var Url = "GetCustomerInfoAsJson.aspx?number=" + CustomerNumber;
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = ProcessRequest;
xmlHttp.open( "GET", Url, true );
xmlHttp.send( null );
}
function ProcessRequest()
{
if ( xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200 )
{
if ( xmlHttp.responseText == "Not found" )
{
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = "Not found";
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = "";
}
else
{
var info = eval ( "(" + xmlHttp.responseText + ")" );
// No parsing necessary with JSON!
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmname;
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmaddr1;
}
}
}

A copy-paste modern version ( using fetch and arrow function ) :
//Option with catch
fetch( textURL )
.then(async r=> console.log(await r.text()))
.catch(e=>console.error('Boo...' + e));
//No fear...
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( jsonURL )).json())
)
)();
A copy-paste classic version:
let request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState === 4) {
if (this.status === 200) {
document.body.className = 'ok';
console.log(this.responseText);
} else if (this.response == null && this.status === 0) {
document.body.className = 'error offline';
console.log("The computer appears to be offline.");
} else {
document.body.className = 'error';
}
}
};
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.send(null);

Short and clean:
const http = new XMLHttpRequest()
http.open("GET", "https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/toto/africa")
http.send()
http.onload = () => console.log(http.responseText)

IE will cache URLs in order to make loading faster, but if you're, say, polling a server at intervals trying to get new information, IE will cache that URL and will likely return the same data set you've always had.
Regardless of how you end up doing your GET request - vanilla JavaScript, Prototype, jQuery, etc - make sure that you put a mechanism in place to combat caching. In order to combat that, append a unique token to the end of the URL you're going to be hitting. This can be done by:
var sURL = '/your/url.html?' + (new Date()).getTime();
This will append a unique timestamp to the end of the URL and will prevent any caching from happening.

Modern, clean and shortest
fetch('https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=1')
let url = 'https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=all-meat&paras=1&start-with-lorem=2';
// to only send GET request without waiting for response just call
fetch(url);
// to wait for results use 'then'
fetch(url).then(r=> r.json().then(j=> console.log('\nREQUEST 2',j)));
// or async/await
(async()=>
console.log('\nREQUEST 3', await(await fetch(url)).json())
)();
Open Chrome console network tab to see request

Prototype makes it dead simple
new Ajax.Request( '/myurl', {
method: 'get',
parameters: { 'param1': 'value1'},
onSuccess: function(response){
alert(response.responseText);
},
onFailure: function(){
alert('ERROR');
}
});

One solution supporting older browsers:
function httpRequest() {
var ajax = null,
response = null,
self = this;
this.method = null;
this.url = null;
this.async = true;
this.data = null;
this.send = function() {
ajax.open(this.method, this.url, this.asnyc);
ajax.send(this.data);
};
if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0");
}
catch(e) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0");
}
catch(error) {
self.fail("not supported");
}
}
}
if(ajax == null) {
return false;
}
ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(this.readyState == 4) {
if(this.status == 200) {
self.success(this.responseText);
}
else {
self.fail(this.status + " - " + this.statusText);
}
}
};
}
Maybe somewhat overkill but you definitely go safe with this code.
Usage:
//create request with its porperties
var request = new httpRequest();
request.method = "GET";
request.url = "https://example.com/api?parameter=value";
//create callback for success containing the response
request.success = function(response) {
console.log(response);
};
//and a fail callback containing the error
request.fail = function(error) {
console.log(error);
};
//and finally send it away
request.send();

To do this Fetch API is the recommended approach, using JavaScript Promises. XMLHttpRequest (XHR), IFrame object or dynamic <script> tags are older (and clunkier) approaches.
<script type=“text/javascript”>
// Create request object
var request = new Request('https://example.com/api/...',
{ method: 'POST',
body: {'name': 'Klaus'},
headers: new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
});
// Now use it!
fetch(request)
.then(resp => {
// handle response
})
.catch(err => {
// handle errors
});
</script>
Here is a great fetch demo and MDN docs

I'm not familiar with Mac OS Dashcode Widgets, but if they let you use JavaScript libraries and support XMLHttpRequests, I'd use jQuery and do something like this:
var page_content;
$.get( "somepage.php", function(data){
page_content = data;
});

SET OF FUNCTIONS RECIPES EASY AND SIMPLE
I prepared a set of functions that are somehow similar but yet demonstrate new functionality as well as the simplicity that Javascript has reached if you know how to take advantage of it.
Let some basic constants
let data;
const URLAPI = "https://gorest.co.in/public/v1/users";
function setData(dt) {
data = dt;
}
Most simple
// MOST SIMPLE ONE
function makeRequest1() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(response => response.json()).then( json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 1 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
Variations using Promises and Async facilities
// ASYNC FUNCTIONS
function makeRequest2() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(async json => await setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 2 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
function makeRequest3() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 3 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
// Better Promise usages
function makeRequest4() {
const response = Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json())).then(json => setData(json) ).finally(()=> {
console.log("Data received 4 --> ", data);
})
}
Demostration of one liner function!!!
// ONE LINER STRIKE ASYNC WRAPPER FUNCTION
async function makeRequest5() {
console.log("Data received 5 -->", await Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json().then(json => json ))) );
}
WORTH MENTION ---> #Daniel De León propably the cleanest function*
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( URLAPI )).json())
)
)();
The top answer -> By #tggagne shows functionality with HttpClient API.
The same can be achieve with Fetch. As per this Using Fetch by MDN shows how you can pass a INIT as second argument, basically opening the possibility to configure easily an API with classic methods (get, post...) .
// Example POST method implementation:
async function postData(url = '', data = {}) {
// Default options are marked with *
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST', // *GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
mode: 'cors', // no-cors, *cors, same-origin
cache: 'no-cache', // *default, no-cache, reload, force-cache, only-if-cached
credentials: 'same-origin', // include, *same-origin, omit
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
// 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
},
redirect: 'follow', // manual, *follow, error
referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer', // no-referrer, *no-referrer-when-downgrade, origin, origin-when-cross-origin, same-origin, strict-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin, unsafe-url
body: JSON.stringify(data) // body data type must match "Content-Type" header
});
return response.json(); // parses JSON response into native JavaScript objects
}
postData('https://example.com/answer', { answer: 42 })
.then(data => {
console.log(data); // JSON data parsed by `data.json()` call
});
Node
Fetch is not available on Node (Server Side)
The easiest solution (end of 2021) is to use Axios.
$ npm install axios
Then Run:
const axios = require('axios');
const request = async (url) => await (await axios.get( url ));
let response = request(URL).then(resp => console.log(resp.data));

In your widget's Info.plist file, don't forget to set your AllowNetworkAccess key to true.

For those who use AngularJs, it's $http.get:
$http.get('/someUrl').
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// this callback will be called asynchronously
// when the response is available
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// called asynchronously if an error occurs
// or server returns response with an error status.
});

You can get an HTTP GET request in two ways:
This approach based on xml format. You have to pass the URL for the request.
xmlhttp.open("GET","URL",true);
xmlhttp.send();
This one is based on jQuery. You have to specify the URL and function_name you want to call.
$("btn").click(function() {
$.ajax({url: "demo_test.txt", success: function_name(result) {
$("#innerdiv").html(result);
}});
});

The best way is to use AJAX ( you can find a simple tutorial on this page Tizag). The reason is that any other technique you may use requires more code, it is not guaranteed to work cross browser without rework and requires you use more client memory by opening hidden pages inside frames passing urls parsing their data and closing them.
AJAX is the way to go in this situation. That my two years of javascript heavy development speaking.

now with asynchronus js we can use this method with fetch() method to make promises in a more concise way. Async functions are supported in all modern browsers.
async function funcName(url){
const response = await fetch(url);
var data = await response.json();
}

function get(path) {
var form = document.createElement("form");
form.setAttribute("method", "get");
form.setAttribute("action", path);
document.body.appendChild(form);
form.submit();
}
get('/my/url/')
Same thing can be done for post request as well.
Have a look at this link JavaScript post request like a form submit

To refresh best answer from joann with promise this is my code:
let httpRequestAsync = (method, url) => {
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = function () {
if (xhr.status == 200) {
resolve(xhr.responseText);
}
else {
reject(new Error(xhr.responseText));
}
};
xhr.send();
});
}

Simple async request:
function get(url, callback) {
var getRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
getRequest.open("get", url, true);
getRequest.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
if (getRequest.readyState === 4 && getRequest.status === 200) {
callback(getRequest.responseText);
}
});
getRequest.send();
}

Ajax
You'd be best off using a library such as Prototype or jQuery.

// Create a request variable and assign a new XMLHttpRequest object to it.
var request = new XMLHttpRequest()
// Open a new connection, using the GET request on the URL endpoint
request.open('GET', 'restUrl', true)
request.onload = function () {
// Begin accessing JSON data here
}
// Send request
request.send()

In pure javascript and returning a Promise:
httpRequest = (url, method = 'GET') => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = () => {
if (xhr.status === 200) { resolve(xhr.responseText); }
else { reject(new Error(xhr.responseText)); }
};
xhr.send();
});
}

If you want to use the code for a Dashboard widget, and you don't want to include a JavaScript library in every widget you created, then you can use the object XMLHttpRequest that Safari natively supports.
As reported by Andrew Hedges, a widget doesn't have access to a network, by default; you need to change that setting in the info.plist associated with the widget.

You can do it with pure JS too:
// Create the XHR object.
function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ("withCredentials" in xhr) {
// XHR for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari.
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != "undefined") {
// XDomainRequest for IE.
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
// CORS not supported.
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}
// Make the actual CORS request.
function makeCorsRequest() {
// This is a sample server that supports CORS.
var url = 'http://html5rocks-cors.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html';
var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', url);
if (!xhr) {
alert('CORS not supported');
return;
}
// Response handlers.
xhr.onload = function() {
var text = xhr.responseText;
alert('Response from CORS request to ' + url + ': ' + text);
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
alert('Woops, there was an error making the request.');
};
xhr.send();
}
See: for more details: html5rocks tutorial

Here is an alternative to xml files to load your files as an object and access properties as an object in a very fast way.
Attention, so that javascript can him and to interpret the content correctly it is necessary to save your files in the same format as your HTML page. If you use UTF 8 save your files in UTF8, etc.
XML works as a tree ok? instead of writing
<property> value <property>
write a simple file like this:
Property1: value
Property2: value
etc.
Save your file ..
Now call the function ....
var objectfile = {};
function getfilecontent(url){
var cli = new XMLHttpRequest();
cli.onload = function(){
if((this.status == 200 || this.status == 0) && this.responseText != null) {
var r = this.responseText;
var b=(r.indexOf('\n')?'\n':r.indexOf('\r')?'\r':'');
if(b.length){
if(b=='\n'){var j=r.toString().replace(/\r/gi,'');}else{var j=r.toString().replace(/\n/gi,'');}
r=j.split(b);
r=r.filter(function(val){if( val == '' || val == NaN || val == undefined || val == null ){return false;}return true;});
r = r.map(f => f.trim());
}
if(r.length > 0){
for(var i=0; i<r.length; i++){
var m = r[i].split(':');
if(m.length>1){
var mname = m[0];
var n = m.shift();
var ivalue = m.join(':');
objectfile[mname]=ivalue;
}
}
}
}
}
cli.open("GET", url);
cli.send();
}
now you can get your values efficiently.
getfilecontent('mesite.com/mefile.txt');
window.onload = function(){
if(objectfile !== null){
alert (objectfile.property1.value);
}
}
It's just a small gift to contibute to the group. Thanks of your like :)
If you want to test the function on your PC locally, restart your browser with the following command (supported by all browsers except safari):
yournavigator.exe '' --allow-file-access-from-files

<button type="button" onclick="loadXMLDoc()"> GET CONTENT</button>
<script>
function loadXMLDoc() {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "<Enter URL>";``
xmlhttp.onload = function () {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == "200") {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>

Reading JSON using JavaScript [duplicate]

I need to do an HTTP GET request in JavaScript. What's the best way to do that?
I need to do this in a Mac OS X dashcode widget.

Browsers (and Dashcode) provide an XMLHttpRequest object which can be used to make HTTP requests from JavaScript:
function httpGet(theUrl)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open( "GET", theUrl, false ); // false for synchronous request
xmlHttp.send( null );
return xmlHttp.responseText;
}
However, synchronous requests are discouraged and will generate a warning along the lines of:
Note: Starting with Gecko 30.0 (Firefox 30.0 / Thunderbird 30.0 / SeaMonkey 2.27), synchronous requests on the main thread have been deprecated due to the negative effects to the user experience.
You should make an asynchronous request and handle the response inside an event handler.
function httpGetAsync(theUrl, callback)
{
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200)
callback(xmlHttp.responseText);
}
xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, true); // true for asynchronous
xmlHttp.send(null);
}

window.fetch is a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest that makes use of ES6 promises. There's a nice explanation here, but it boils down to (from the article):
fetch(url).then(function(response) {
return response.json();
}).then(function(data) {
console.log(data);
}).catch(function(err) {
console.log('Fetch Error :-S', err);
});
Browser support has been good since 2017. IE will likely not get official support. GitHub has a polyfill available adds support to some legacy browsers (esp versions of Safari pre March 2017 and mobile browsers from the same period).
I guess whether this is more convenient than jQuery or XMLHttpRequest or not depends on the nature of the project.
Here's a link to the spec https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
Edit:
Using ES7 async/await, this becomes simply (based on this Gist):
async function fetchAsync (url) {
let response = await fetch(url);
let data = await response.json();
return data;
}

In jQuery:
$.get(
"somepage.php",
{paramOne : 1, paramX : 'abc'},
function(data) {
alert('page content: ' + data);
}
);

Lots of great advice above, but not very reusable, and too often filled with DOM nonsense and other fluff that hides the easy code.
Here's a Javascript class we created that's reusable and easy to use. Currently it only has a GET method, but that works for us. Adding a POST shouldn't tax anyone's skills.
var HttpClient = function() {
this.get = function(aUrl, aCallback) {
var anHttpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
anHttpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (anHttpRequest.readyState == 4 && anHttpRequest.status == 200)
aCallback(anHttpRequest.responseText);
}
anHttpRequest.open( "GET", aUrl, true );
anHttpRequest.send( null );
}
}
Using it is as easy as:
var client = new HttpClient();
client.get('http://some/thing?with=arguments', function(response) {
// do something with response
});

A version without callback
var i = document.createElement("img");
i.src = "/your/GET/url?params=here";

Here is code to do it directly with JavaScript. But, as previously mentioned, you'd be much better off with a JavaScript library. My favorite is jQuery.
In the case below, an ASPX page (that's servicing as a poor man's REST service) is being called to return a JavaScript JSON object.
var xmlHttp = null;
function GetCustomerInfo()
{
var CustomerNumber = document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerNumber" ).value;
var Url = "GetCustomerInfoAsJson.aspx?number=" + CustomerNumber;
xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = ProcessRequest;
xmlHttp.open( "GET", Url, true );
xmlHttp.send( null );
}
function ProcessRequest()
{
if ( xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200 )
{
if ( xmlHttp.responseText == "Not found" )
{
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = "Not found";
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = "";
}
else
{
var info = eval ( "(" + xmlHttp.responseText + ")" );
// No parsing necessary with JSON!
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmname;
document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmaddr1;
}
}
}

A copy-paste modern version ( using fetch and arrow function ) :
//Option with catch
fetch( textURL )
.then(async r=> console.log(await r.text()))
.catch(e=>console.error('Boo...' + e));
//No fear...
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( jsonURL )).json())
)
)();
A copy-paste classic version:
let request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState === 4) {
if (this.status === 200) {
document.body.className = 'ok';
console.log(this.responseText);
} else if (this.response == null && this.status === 0) {
document.body.className = 'error offline';
console.log("The computer appears to be offline.");
} else {
document.body.className = 'error';
}
}
};
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.send(null);

Short and clean:
const http = new XMLHttpRequest()
http.open("GET", "https://api.lyrics.ovh/v1/toto/africa")
http.send()
http.onload = () => console.log(http.responseText)

IE will cache URLs in order to make loading faster, but if you're, say, polling a server at intervals trying to get new information, IE will cache that URL and will likely return the same data set you've always had.
Regardless of how you end up doing your GET request - vanilla JavaScript, Prototype, jQuery, etc - make sure that you put a mechanism in place to combat caching. In order to combat that, append a unique token to the end of the URL you're going to be hitting. This can be done by:
var sURL = '/your/url.html?' + (new Date()).getTime();
This will append a unique timestamp to the end of the URL and will prevent any caching from happening.

Modern, clean and shortest
fetch('https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=1')
let url = 'https://baconipsum.com/api/?type=all-meat&paras=1&start-with-lorem=2';
// to only send GET request without waiting for response just call
fetch(url);
// to wait for results use 'then'
fetch(url).then(r=> r.json().then(j=> console.log('\nREQUEST 2',j)));
// or async/await
(async()=>
console.log('\nREQUEST 3', await(await fetch(url)).json())
)();
Open Chrome console network tab to see request

Prototype makes it dead simple
new Ajax.Request( '/myurl', {
method: 'get',
parameters: { 'param1': 'value1'},
onSuccess: function(response){
alert(response.responseText);
},
onFailure: function(){
alert('ERROR');
}
});

One solution supporting older browsers:
function httpRequest() {
var ajax = null,
response = null,
self = this;
this.method = null;
this.url = null;
this.async = true;
this.data = null;
this.send = function() {
ajax.open(this.method, this.url, this.asnyc);
ajax.send(this.data);
};
if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0");
}
catch(e) {
try {
ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0");
}
catch(error) {
self.fail("not supported");
}
}
}
if(ajax == null) {
return false;
}
ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
if(this.readyState == 4) {
if(this.status == 200) {
self.success(this.responseText);
}
else {
self.fail(this.status + " - " + this.statusText);
}
}
};
}
Maybe somewhat overkill but you definitely go safe with this code.
Usage:
//create request with its porperties
var request = new httpRequest();
request.method = "GET";
request.url = "https://example.com/api?parameter=value";
//create callback for success containing the response
request.success = function(response) {
console.log(response);
};
//and a fail callback containing the error
request.fail = function(error) {
console.log(error);
};
//and finally send it away
request.send();

To do this Fetch API is the recommended approach, using JavaScript Promises. XMLHttpRequest (XHR), IFrame object or dynamic <script> tags are older (and clunkier) approaches.
<script type=“text/javascript”>
// Create request object
var request = new Request('https://example.com/api/...',
{ method: 'POST',
body: {'name': 'Klaus'},
headers: new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
});
// Now use it!
fetch(request)
.then(resp => {
// handle response
})
.catch(err => {
// handle errors
});
</script>
Here is a great fetch demo and MDN docs

I'm not familiar with Mac OS Dashcode Widgets, but if they let you use JavaScript libraries and support XMLHttpRequests, I'd use jQuery and do something like this:
var page_content;
$.get( "somepage.php", function(data){
page_content = data;
});

SET OF FUNCTIONS RECIPES EASY AND SIMPLE
I prepared a set of functions that are somehow similar but yet demonstrate new functionality as well as the simplicity that Javascript has reached if you know how to take advantage of it.
Let some basic constants
let data;
const URLAPI = "https://gorest.co.in/public/v1/users";
function setData(dt) {
data = dt;
}
Most simple
// MOST SIMPLE ONE
function makeRequest1() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(response => response.json()).then( json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 1 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
Variations using Promises and Async facilities
// ASYNC FUNCTIONS
function makeRequest2() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(async json => await setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 2 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
function makeRequest3() {
fetch(URLAPI)
.then(async response => await response.json()).then(json => setData(json))
.catch(error => console.error(error))
.finally(() => {
console.log("Data received 3 --> ", data);
data = null;
});
}
// Better Promise usages
function makeRequest4() {
const response = Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json())).then(json => setData(json) ).finally(()=> {
console.log("Data received 4 --> ", data);
})
}
Demostration of one liner function!!!
// ONE LINER STRIKE ASYNC WRAPPER FUNCTION
async function makeRequest5() {
console.log("Data received 5 -->", await Promise.resolve(fetch(URLAPI).then(response => response.json().then(json => json ))) );
}
WORTH MENTION ---> #Daniel De León propably the cleanest function*
(async () =>
console.log(
(await (await fetch( URLAPI )).json())
)
)();
The top answer -> By #tggagne shows functionality with HttpClient API.
The same can be achieve with Fetch. As per this Using Fetch by MDN shows how you can pass a INIT as second argument, basically opening the possibility to configure easily an API with classic methods (get, post...) .
// Example POST method implementation:
async function postData(url = '', data = {}) {
// Default options are marked with *
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'POST', // *GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
mode: 'cors', // no-cors, *cors, same-origin
cache: 'no-cache', // *default, no-cache, reload, force-cache, only-if-cached
credentials: 'same-origin', // include, *same-origin, omit
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
// 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
},
redirect: 'follow', // manual, *follow, error
referrerPolicy: 'no-referrer', // no-referrer, *no-referrer-when-downgrade, origin, origin-when-cross-origin, same-origin, strict-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin, unsafe-url
body: JSON.stringify(data) // body data type must match "Content-Type" header
});
return response.json(); // parses JSON response into native JavaScript objects
}
postData('https://example.com/answer', { answer: 42 })
.then(data => {
console.log(data); // JSON data parsed by `data.json()` call
});
Node
Fetch is not available on Node (Server Side)
The easiest solution (end of 2021) is to use Axios.
$ npm install axios
Then Run:
const axios = require('axios');
const request = async (url) => await (await axios.get( url ));
let response = request(URL).then(resp => console.log(resp.data));

In your widget's Info.plist file, don't forget to set your AllowNetworkAccess key to true.

For those who use AngularJs, it's $http.get:
$http.get('/someUrl').
success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// this callback will be called asynchronously
// when the response is available
}).
error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
// called asynchronously if an error occurs
// or server returns response with an error status.
});

You can get an HTTP GET request in two ways:
This approach based on xml format. You have to pass the URL for the request.
xmlhttp.open("GET","URL",true);
xmlhttp.send();
This one is based on jQuery. You have to specify the URL and function_name you want to call.
$("btn").click(function() {
$.ajax({url: "demo_test.txt", success: function_name(result) {
$("#innerdiv").html(result);
}});
});

The best way is to use AJAX ( you can find a simple tutorial on this page Tizag). The reason is that any other technique you may use requires more code, it is not guaranteed to work cross browser without rework and requires you use more client memory by opening hidden pages inside frames passing urls parsing their data and closing them.
AJAX is the way to go in this situation. That my two years of javascript heavy development speaking.

now with asynchronus js we can use this method with fetch() method to make promises in a more concise way. Async functions are supported in all modern browsers.
async function funcName(url){
const response = await fetch(url);
var data = await response.json();
}

function get(path) {
var form = document.createElement("form");
form.setAttribute("method", "get");
form.setAttribute("action", path);
document.body.appendChild(form);
form.submit();
}
get('/my/url/')
Same thing can be done for post request as well.
Have a look at this link JavaScript post request like a form submit

To refresh best answer from joann with promise this is my code:
let httpRequestAsync = (method, url) => {
return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = function () {
if (xhr.status == 200) {
resolve(xhr.responseText);
}
else {
reject(new Error(xhr.responseText));
}
};
xhr.send();
});
}

Simple async request:
function get(url, callback) {
var getRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
getRequest.open("get", url, true);
getRequest.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
if (getRequest.readyState === 4 && getRequest.status === 200) {
callback(getRequest.responseText);
}
});
getRequest.send();
}

Ajax
You'd be best off using a library such as Prototype or jQuery.

// Create a request variable and assign a new XMLHttpRequest object to it.
var request = new XMLHttpRequest()
// Open a new connection, using the GET request on the URL endpoint
request.open('GET', 'restUrl', true)
request.onload = function () {
// Begin accessing JSON data here
}
// Send request
request.send()

In pure javascript and returning a Promise:
httpRequest = (url, method = 'GET') => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
xhr.onload = () => {
if (xhr.status === 200) { resolve(xhr.responseText); }
else { reject(new Error(xhr.responseText)); }
};
xhr.send();
});
}

If you want to use the code for a Dashboard widget, and you don't want to include a JavaScript library in every widget you created, then you can use the object XMLHttpRequest that Safari natively supports.
As reported by Andrew Hedges, a widget doesn't have access to a network, by default; you need to change that setting in the info.plist associated with the widget.

You can do it with pure JS too:
// Create the XHR object.
function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ("withCredentials" in xhr) {
// XHR for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari.
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != "undefined") {
// XDomainRequest for IE.
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
// CORS not supported.
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}
// Make the actual CORS request.
function makeCorsRequest() {
// This is a sample server that supports CORS.
var url = 'http://html5rocks-cors.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html';
var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', url);
if (!xhr) {
alert('CORS not supported');
return;
}
// Response handlers.
xhr.onload = function() {
var text = xhr.responseText;
alert('Response from CORS request to ' + url + ': ' + text);
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
alert('Woops, there was an error making the request.');
};
xhr.send();
}
See: for more details: html5rocks tutorial

Here is an alternative to xml files to load your files as an object and access properties as an object in a very fast way.
Attention, so that javascript can him and to interpret the content correctly it is necessary to save your files in the same format as your HTML page. If you use UTF 8 save your files in UTF8, etc.
XML works as a tree ok? instead of writing
<property> value <property>
write a simple file like this:
Property1: value
Property2: value
etc.
Save your file ..
Now call the function ....
var objectfile = {};
function getfilecontent(url){
var cli = new XMLHttpRequest();
cli.onload = function(){
if((this.status == 200 || this.status == 0) && this.responseText != null) {
var r = this.responseText;
var b=(r.indexOf('\n')?'\n':r.indexOf('\r')?'\r':'');
if(b.length){
if(b=='\n'){var j=r.toString().replace(/\r/gi,'');}else{var j=r.toString().replace(/\n/gi,'');}
r=j.split(b);
r=r.filter(function(val){if( val == '' || val == NaN || val == undefined || val == null ){return false;}return true;});
r = r.map(f => f.trim());
}
if(r.length > 0){
for(var i=0; i<r.length; i++){
var m = r[i].split(':');
if(m.length>1){
var mname = m[0];
var n = m.shift();
var ivalue = m.join(':');
objectfile[mname]=ivalue;
}
}
}
}
}
cli.open("GET", url);
cli.send();
}
now you can get your values efficiently.
getfilecontent('mesite.com/mefile.txt');
window.onload = function(){
if(objectfile !== null){
alert (objectfile.property1.value);
}
}
It's just a small gift to contibute to the group. Thanks of your like :)
If you want to test the function on your PC locally, restart your browser with the following command (supported by all browsers except safari):
yournavigator.exe '' --allow-file-access-from-files

<button type="button" onclick="loadXMLDoc()"> GET CONTENT</button>
<script>
function loadXMLDoc() {
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "<Enter URL>";``
xmlhttp.onload = function () {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == "200") {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = this.responseText;
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}
</script>

How do I check if file exists in jQuery or pure JavaScript?

How do I check if a file on my server exists in jQuery or pure JavaScript?

With jQuery:
$.ajax({
url:'http://www.example.com/somefile.ext',
type:'HEAD',
error: function()
{
//file not exists
},
success: function()
{
//file exists
}
});
EDIT:
Here is the code for checking 404 status, without using jQuery
function UrlExists(url)
{
var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
http.open('HEAD', url, false);
http.send();
return http.status!=404;
}
Small changes and it could check for status HTTP status code 200 (success), instead.
EDIT 2: Since sync XMLHttpRequest is deprecated, you can add a utility method like this to do it async:
function executeIfFileExist(src, callback) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest()
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
callback()
}
}
xhr.open('HEAD', src)
}

A similar and more up-to-date approach.
$.get(url)
.done(function() {
// exists code
}).fail(function() {
// not exists code
})

This works for me:
function ImageExist(url)
{
var img = new Image();
img.src = url;
return img.height != 0;
}

i used this script to add alternative image
function imgError()
{
alert('The image could not be loaded.');
}
HTML:
<img src="image.gif" onerror="imgError()" />
http://wap.w3schools.com/jsref/event_onerror.asp

So long as you're testing files on the same domain this should work:
function fileExists(url) {
if(url){
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('GET', url, false);
req.send();
return req.status==200;
} else {
return false;
}
}
Please note, this example is using a GET request, which besides getting the headers (all you need to check weather the file exists) gets the whole file.
If the file is big enough this method can take a while to complete.
The better way to do this would be changing this line: req.open('GET', url, false); to req.open('HEAD', url, false);

Here's how to do it ES7 way, if you're using Babel transpiler or Typescript 2:
async function isUrlFound(url) {
try {
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'HEAD',
cache: 'no-cache'
});
return response.status === 200;
} catch(error) {
// console.log(error);
return false;
}
}
Then inside your other async scope, you can easily check whether url exist:
const isValidUrl = await isUrlFound('http://www.example.com/somefile.ext');
console.log(isValidUrl); // true || false

I was getting a cross domain permissions issue when trying to run the answer to this question so I went with:
function UrlExists(url) {
$('<img src="'+ url +'">').load(function() {
return true;
}).bind('error', function() {
return false;
});
}
It seems to work great, hope this helps someone!

All the other answers can fail due to cache!
Making a HTTP request to a file on server can be intercepted with HTTP cache and the cached response is then returned. But the file may be deleted on the server in the meantime, so ignoring cache may return false positive results.
Proper solution would be to create non-cached HTTP HEAD request. Nik Sumeiko's answer uses no-cache header which means that the response can be cached, but must be revalidated before reuse. In this case the server may return 304: Not Modified, which is not 200: OK and thus false negative.
To avoid cache, the correct header is Cache-Control: no-store
File can exist without HTTP 200 response
You should also keep in mind that redirection (301: Moved Permanently, 307: Temporary Redirect or 308: Permanent Redirect) may occur, so the file can exist elsewhere and may be returned from different location: depending on the use-case, one may choose to follow redirection instead of returning false in this case.
Also keep in mind that background requests will be blocked if you check file existence on different domain and its CORS policy is not opened to your server. In this case 403: Forbidden is usually returned, which doesn't mean file does not exist but file is unavailable. Last but not least, the same applies to 500: Internal Server Error response, which means that the HTTP server failed to handle the request, but the file can be available otherwise, like by FTP.
The following code will return true if the file exists, false if not or undefined if the file is unavailable or redirected:
const fileExists = file =>
fetch(file, {method: 'HEAD', cache: 'no-store'})
.then(response => ({200: true, 404: false})[response.status])
.catch(exception => undefined);
fileExists("yourFile.html").then(yes => yes && alert("yourFile.html exists"));
// or in the async scope...
let yourFileExists = await fileExists("yourFile.html");
if(yourFileExists) console.log("It is there!")
else if(yourFileExists===false) console.log("Nope, it was deleted.");
else console.log("You are not worthy the answer, puny human!");
Modern and obsolete approaches
Since we live in the future now, I would also recommend:
$.ajax() obsolete, don't use in new projects
XMLHttpRequest() obsolete, don't use in new projects
fetch() modern approach, use it if you are free to choose
Note GET/POST methods (like <img src...>) are not appropriate here as they waste network traffic by downloading the file (imagine the worst scenario with high resolution photo and user with paid mobile data in area with poor connectivity)
Note Modern PWA approach is to use Cache API with serviceWorker's fetch event which intercepts the communication between the client and HTTP cache. In the example in the link, there should be something like
if(event.request.cache=="no-store") {
// avoid cache storage and pass the request in the chain
// client - cache storage - HTTP cache - server
return fetch(event.request);
}
Without this, the cache settings may be ignored and there may be no way to detect the remote file existence from the main thread with the serviceWorker running - illustrated
here.

JavaScript function to check if a file exists:
function doesFileExist(urlToFile)
{
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('HEAD', urlToFile, false);
xhr.send();
if (xhr.status == "404") {
console.log("File doesn't exist");
return false;
} else {
console.log("File exists");
return true;
}
}

I use this script to check if a file exists (also it handles the cross origin issue):
$.ajax(url, {
method: 'GET',
dataType: 'jsonp'
})
.done(function(response) {
// exists code
}).fail(function(response) {
// doesnt exist
})
Note that the following syntax error is thrown when the file being checked doesn't contain JSON.
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

For a client computer this can be achieved by:
try
{
var myObject, f;
myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
f = myObject.GetFile("C:\\img.txt");
f.Move("E:\\jarvis\\Images\\");
}
catch(err)
{
alert("file does not exist")
}
This is my program to transfer a file to a specific location and shows alert if it does not exist

An async call to see if a file exists is the better approach, because it doesn't degrade the user experience by waiting for a response from the server. If you make a call to .open with the third parameter set to false (as in many examples above, for example http.open('HEAD', url, false); ), this is a synchronous call, and you get a warning in the browser console.
A better approach is:
function fetchStatus( address ) {
var client = new XMLHttpRequest();
client.onload = function() {
// in case of network errors this might not give reliable results
returnStatus( this.status );
}
client.open( "HEAD", address, true );
client.send();
}
function returnStatus( status ) {
if ( status === 200 ) {
console.log( 'file exists!' );
}
else {
console.log( 'file does not exist! status: ' + status );
}
}
source: https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/

This is an adaptation to the accepted answer, but I couldn't get what I needed from the answer, and had to test this worked as it was a hunch, so i'm putting my solution up here.
We needed to verify a local file existed, and only allow the file (a PDF) to open if it existed. If you omit the URL of the website, the browser will automatically determine the host name - making it work in localhost and on the server:
$.ajax({
url: 'YourFolderOnWebsite/' + SomeDynamicVariable + '.pdf',
type: 'HEAD',
error: function () {
//file not exists
alert('PDF does not exist');
},
success: function () {
//file exists
window.open('YourFolderOnWebsite/' + SomeDynamicVariable + '.pdf', "_blank", "fullscreen=yes");
}
});

First creates the function
$.UrlExists = function(url) {
var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
http.open('HEAD', url, false);
http.send();
return http.status!=404;
}
After using the function as follows
if($.UrlExists("urlimg")){
foto = "img1.jpg";
}else{
foto = "img2.jpg";
}
$('<img>').attr('src',foto);

Here's my working Async Pure Javascript from 2020
function testFileExists(src, successFunc, failFunc) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
if (xhr.status === 200) {
successFunc(xhr);
} else {
failFunc(xhr);
}
}
}
// xhr.error = function() {
// failFunc(xhr);
// }
// xhr.onabort = function() {
// failFunc(xhr);
// }
// xhr.timeout = function() {
// failFunc(xhr);
// }
xhr.timeout = 5000; // TIMEOUT SET TO PREFERENCE (5 SEC)
xhr.open('HEAD', src, true);
xhr.send(null); // VERY IMPORTANT
}
function fileExists(xhr) {
alert("File exists !! Yay !!");
}
function fileNotFound(xhr) {
alert("Cannot find the file, bummer");
}
testFileExists("test.html", fileExists, fileNotFound);
I could not force it to come back with any of the abort, error, or timeout callbacks.
Each one of these returned a main status code of 0, in the test above, so
I removed them. You can experiment.
I set the timeout to 5 seconds as the default seems to be very excessive.
With the Async call, it doesn't seem to do anything without the send() command.

What you'd have to do is send a request to the server for it to do the check, and then send back the result to you.
What type of server are you trying to communicate with? You may need to write a small service to respond to the request.

This doesn't address the OP's question, but for anyone who is returning results from a database: here's a simple method I used.
If the user didn't upload an avatar the avatar field would be NULL, so I'd insert a default avatar image from the img directory.
function getAvatar(avatar) {
if(avatar == null) {
return '/img/avatar.jpg';
} else {
return '/avi/' + avatar;
}
}
then
<img src="' + getAvatar(data.user.avatar) + '" alt="">

It works for me, use iframe to ignore browsers show GET error message
var imgFrame = $('<iframe><img src="' + path + '" /></iframe>');
if ($(imgFrame).find('img').attr('width') > 0) {
// do something
} else {
// do something
}

I wanted a function that would return a boolean, I encountered problems related to closure and asynchronicity. I solved this way:
checkFileExistence= function (file){
result=false;
jQuery.ajaxSetup({async:false});
$.get(file)
.done(function() {
result=true;
})
.fail(function() {
result=false;
})
jQuery.ajaxSetup({async:true});
return(result);
},

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JavaScript is the programming language of the Web.

Javascript ES6 Get JSON from URL (no jQuery) - javascript

FETCH API Example: // url (required), options (optional) fetch('https://davidwalsh.name/some/url', { method: 'get' }).then(function(response) { }).catch(function(err) { // Error :( }); For more information: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API

Here is another method using axios which is a Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js. Installation: npm install --save axios or yarn add axios Then, in your project file: import axios from 'axios' const data = axios.get('/path/to/your/data.json')

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