Web Workers and JSON - javascript

I am sure there is something that I am missing from this code, I just can not figure out what it is.
Here is the main page:
<script>
function wwCallback(e) {
document.write(e.data);
}
function wwError(e) {
alert(e.data)
}
$(document).ready(function () {
var worker = new Worker("sync.js");
worker.onmessage = wwCallback;
worker.onerror = wwError;
worker.postMessage({
'cmd': 'downloadUser',
'url': 'server.php'
});
console.log("WW Started");
});
</script>
Server.php simply echoes a JSON string and I have verified that it is both valid and working using normal ajax requests.
Here is my web workers code:
function getData(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
//expect json
req.open('GET', url);
req.send(null);
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (req.readyState == 4) {
if (req.status == 200) {
self.postMessage(req.responseText);
}
}
}
}
self.addEventListener('message', function (e) {
var data = e.data;
switch (data.cmd) {
case 'downloadUser':
getData(data.url);
}
self.close();
}, false);
Could anyone point me in the right direction?

Your problem is in your WebWorker XHR call. You've opened the request, then immediately sent it before you've set up the event handler to handle the response. You just need to move the req.send(null); call below the code that sets up the event handler.
Try this:
function getData(url) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
//expect json
req.open('GET', url);
// req.send(null); // remove this line from here.
req.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (req.readyState == 4) {
if (req.status == 200) {
self.postMessage(req.responseText);
}
}
}
req.send(null); // make the request after your readystatechange
// handler is set up.
}
self.addEventListener('message', function (e) {
var data = e.data;
switch (data.cmd) {
case 'downloadUser':
getData(data.url);
}
self.close();
}, false);

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In what order is XMLHttpRequest() executed

I am trying to figure out how to toggle the style display using plain javascript.
I have an XLMHttpRequest(). It works. The UI display is what I am working on. I would like the spin icon to show while the data is being loaded to the database. So, my code turns on the icon but the problem is when I add
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "none";
to reset it to hidden. It never shows. So, here is my code.
function runScript()
{
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'wenoconnected.php', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.onprogress = function() {
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "block";
}
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if(this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
console.log(this.responseText);
if (this.responseText === 'imported') {
alert('Update Complete');
}
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "none";
}
}
xhr.send()
}
I tried to have the page just reload after the alert is shown but all that does is immediately reloads the page without executing the xhr.send(). That is why I would like to know what order is the code executed. That way I will know where to place the display = "none".
The latency is probably too low to notice the change (which can be verified by simulating high latency on the server). Try the following as an alternative:
From:
function runScript()
{
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'wenoconnected.php', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.onprogress = function() {
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "block";
}
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if(this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
console.log(this.responseText);
if (this.responseText === 'imported') {
alert('Update Complete');
}
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "none";
}
}
xhr.send()
}
To:
function runScript()
{
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'wenoconnected.php', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if(this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
console.log(this.responseText);
if (this.responseText === 'imported') {
alert('Update Complete');
}
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "none";
}
}
document.getElementById('loading').style.display = "block";
xhr.send()
}
Assumptions:
The GET request latency is slow enough that you'll see the indicator
There is no other issue, related to CSS/HTML, that would prevent the indicator from showing
Disregarding the obvious, like; whether the function is being executed, no typos for identifiers that’d prevent relevant code from executing, etc.

How to interface a DOM object when a link is pressed

I am on http://localhost:8000/index.html
When I press a link, I want it to go to localhost:8006/someAddress and select element with id='157579' AND press button with id='1787' which will cause an iframe further down my html to show something different.
I have made some pseudo code that somewhat shows what I want, but I am having a hard time converting it into something functional:
<body>
<script>
function Scenario1() {
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
GoTo http://localhost:8006/SomeAddress
document.getElementById("157579").Select
Button("1787").Press
}
}
</script>
</body>
Is this possible to do, or is there an alternative? I understand that I have to do something with AJAX or jQuery or something similar, right?
use jquery click event when in your onload is triggered like $('#157579').click();
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', '/article/xmlhttprequest/example/load');
xhr.send();
xhr.onload = function() {
if (xhr.status != 200) {
alert(`Error ${xhr.status}: ${xhr.statusText}`);
} else {
$('#157579').click();
}
};
xhr.onprogress = function(event) {
if (event.lengthComputable) {
alert(`Received ${event.loaded} of ${event.total} bytes`);
} else {
alert(`Received ${event.loaded} bytes`);
}
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
alert("Request failed");
};

Creating web workers dynamically

I would like to be able to create web workers dynamically in a foreach loop. I am not sure if I am doing this correctly but here is what I am attempting.
main.js:
$('#action-options').on('click', '#act_restart', function() {
$.each(checked, function(key, val) {
var worker = new Worker('js/doWork.js');
worker.addEventListener('message', onMsg, false);
worker.addEventListener('error', onError, false);
worker.postMessage({'inst': val});
});
});
doWork.js
self.addEventListener('message', function(e) {
var data = e.data;
var xmlhttp;
var tableData;
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200)
{
tableData = xmlhttp.responseText;
self.postMessage(tableData);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", "../apicall/"+data.inst, true);
xmlhttp.send();
}, false);
I would like to fire a worker for each AJAX call so that if one takes longer than another it will not hold up the page. or any of the others.
How is this possible with web workers?

XMLHttpRequest is always calling "load" event listener, even when response has error status

I'm using FormData to ajax a file upload. The upload works, but the problem is that the "error" callback is never invoked. Even when my HTTP response is a 500 internal server error (to test this I tweak server to respond with 500), the "load" callback is invoked.
function upload_image() {
var form = document.getElementById('upload_image_form');
var formData = new FormData(form);
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.addEventListener("load", function(e) {
alert("Success callback");
}, false);
xhr.addEventListener("error", function(e) {
alert("Error callback");
}, false);
xhr.open("POST", "/upload_image");
xhr.send(formData);
}
Any ideas? I'm testing this on Chrome.
This setup should work better for your needs:
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open('POST', '/upload_image');
req.onreadystatechange = function (aEvt) {
if (req.readyState == 4) {
if(req.status == 200)
alert(req.responseText);
else
alert("Error loading page\n");
}
};
req.send(formData);
In your code error callback is never called because it is only triggered by network-level errors, it ignores HTTP return codes.
The load event is called whenever the server responds with a message. The semantics of the response don't matter; what's important is that the server responded (in this case with a 500 status). If you wish to apply error semantics to the event, you have to process the status yourself.
Expanding on #rich remer's answer, here's how you could access the status yourself:
function upload_image() {
var form = document.getElementById('upload_image_form');
var formData = new FormData(form);
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.addEventListener("load", function(e) {
if(e.currentTarget.status < 400)
alert("Load callback - success!");
else
alert("Load callback - error!");
}, false);
xhr.addEventListener("error", function(e) {
alert("Error callback");
}, false);
xhr.open("POST", "/upload_image");
xhr.send(formData);
}
Please note accessing of the e.currentTarget.status property of the response event (e). Looks like the status is actually available via any of e.{currentTarget,target,srcElement}.status - I'm not sure which one should be used as the best practice, though.
function get(url) {
return new Promise(function(succeed, fail) {
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", url, true);
req.addEventListener("load", function() {
if (req.status < 400)
succeed(req.responseText);
else
fail(new Error("Request failed: " + req.statusText));
});
req.addEventListener("error", function() {
fail(new Error("Network error"));
});
req.send(null);
});
}
code from EJS
by the example code
it is clear that network error has no response, it trigger error event.
response trigger load event
and you have to decide what to do with the response status

Problem of using ajax call at the same time

Now, I have a problem with the ajax call which is when the web page is loaded, in the onload event of body, I assign it to call the functions which are startCount() and updateTable() this two functions contain the code that use ajax call to get the data from DB on the server side. The problem is when the ajax return it will return only one call and another call does not response. Please help me what happen and how I can slove it.
This is the onload in the body
<body onLoad="setAjaxConnection();startCount();updateTable()">
I use the XMLHttpRequest with the normal javascript, I do not use jQuery....
Use javascript closures. This link may help
http://dev.fyicenter.com/Interview-Questions/AJAX/How_do_I_handle_concurrent_AJAX_requests_.html
function AJAXInteraction(url, callback) {
var req = init();
req.onreadystatechange = processRequest;
function init() {
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
return new XMLHttpRequest();
} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
}
function processRequest () {
if (req.readyState == 4) {
if (req.status == 200) {
if (callback) callback(req.responseXML);
}
}
}
this.doGet = function() {
req.open("GET", url, true);
req.send(null);
}
this.doPost = function(body) {
req.open("POST", url, true);
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
req.send(body);
}
}
function startCount() {
var ai = new AJAXInteraction("/path/to/count.php", function(){alert("After startCount");});
ai.doGet();
}
function updateTable() {
var ai = new AJAXInteraction("/path/to/update.php", function(){alert("After updateTable");});
ai.doGet();
}
Have the 'onSuccess' of one call initiate the next ajax call. So you would call startCount() and when that returns you fire off updateTable().
function setAjaxConnection(){
//call Ajax here
setAjaxConnectionResponce;
}
function setAjaxConnectionResponce(){
//on readystate==4
startCount();
}
function startCount(){
// code for count
updateTable();
}
function updateTable(){
// code for update
}
<body onLoad="setAjaxConnection();">

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