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What is different about xmlhttprequest in Firefox

My code works in Chrome and Safari, but it hangs in FF.
I removed the parts of the code that aren't necessary.
I used console commands to show how far the first loop gets, and it will do the second log fine right before the xhr open and send commands.
If the open/send commands are present the loop only happens once, if I remove the open/send commands the loop completes successfully.
Currently using FF 62nightly, but this issue has plagued me since Quantum has come out and I'm now trying to figure out why it doesn't work right.
for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
(function(i) {
// new XMLHttpRequest
xhr[i] = new XMLHttpRequest();
// gets machine url from href tag
url = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("td")[0].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].getAttribute('href');
// Insert the desired values at the end of each row;
// will try to make this customizable later as well
insertVNC[i] = rows[i].insertCell(-1);
insertSerial[i] = rows[i].insertCell(-1);
insertVersion[i] = rows[i].insertCell(-1);
insertFreeDiskSpace[i] = rows[i].insertCell(-1);
// the fun part: this function takes each url, loads it in the background,
// retrieves the values needed, and then discards the page once the function is complete;
// In theory you could add whatever you want without taking significantly longer
// as long as it's on this page
console.log(i);
xhr[i].onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhr[i].readyState == 4 && xhr[i].status == 200) {
}
};
//"Get" the "Url"... true means asyncrhonous
console.log(url);
xhr[i].open("GET", url, true);
xhr[i].send(null);
})(i); //end for loop
}

I cannot tell you why it gives issues in Firefox. I would not trust sending off arbitrarily many requests from any browser
I would personally try this instead since it will not fire off the next one until one is finished
const urls = [...document.querySelectorAll("tr>td:nth-child(0) a")].map(x => x.href);
let cnt=0;
function getUrl() {
console.log(urls[cnt]);
xhr[i].open("GET", urls[cnt], true);
xhr[i].send(null);
}
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhr[i].readyState == 4 && xhr[i].status == 200) {
if (cnt>urls.length) getUrl();
cnt++;
}
}
getUrl();

Simultaneous ajax calls

I'm trying to make 2 (or more) ajax calls simultaneously. I don't want to use jQuery, only pure JavaScript.
Most of the time, it works. data1 will output data from sample.com/ajax1 and data2 will output data from sample.com/ajax2, but sometimes (1 from 10) the second AJAX call will display result from the first one.
Why is this happening? Both AJAX requests are requesting data from the same domain, but from different URLs. Is there any way how to prevent this behavior?
Here is the script:
// First AJAX
var xmlhttp1;
// Second AJAX
var xmlhttp2;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlhttp1 = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
xmlhttp1 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp1.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp1.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp1.status == 200) {
data = JSON.parse(xmlhttp1.responseText);
console.log('data1: ' + data);
}
}
xmlhttp1.open("GET", "http://sample.com/ajax1", true);
xmlhttp1.send();
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xmlhttp2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
} else {
xmlhttp2 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
xmlhttp2.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp2.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp2.status == 200) {
data = JSON.parse(xmlhttp2.responseText);
console.log('data2: ' + data);
}
}
xmlhttp2.open("GET", "http://sample.com/ajax2", true);
xmlhttp2.send();

First of all, I recomment wrapping your xmlHttpRequest generation/handling in a function, so you don't duplicate code that much.
The problem you have there is that the data variable is global, so both ajax callbacks are using the same variable. You can fix it using the var keyword in both calls.
xmlhttp2.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp2.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp2.status == 200) {
var data = JSON.parse(xmlhttp2.responseText);
console.log('data2: ' + data);
}
}

Because you're not properly encapsulating data. The way you have it written, data is a global object, so it's available to be modified by either ajax call. Since ajax calls are asynchronous, this will lead to unpredictable values for data.

The problem is probably because you forgot to define data inside your function
anyway with this function you can create multiple requests and have more control over them..
var req={};
function ajax(a){
var i=Date.now()+((Math.random()*1000)>>0);
req[i]=new XMLHttpRequest;
req[i].i=i;
req[i].open('GET',a);
req[i].onload=LOG;
req[i].send();
}
function LOG(){
console.log(this.i,this.response);
delete req[this.i];//clear
}
window.onload=function(){
ajax('1.html');
ajax('2.html');
ajax('3.html');
}
uses xhr2... you need to modify the code to make it work with older browsers.

XMLHttpRequest that is being Aborted

I'm looking over a bit of code that deals with XHR. It looks like the first XHR.send() is being done successfully and then the subsequent one is Aborted before it gets to it's .send()
Quick in dirty:
url = "http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/test.cgi";
data = "1235,123,21,1232,12321,432";
myXHR = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
myXHR[i] = new XMLHttpRequest();
myXHR[i].open("POST", url, true);
myXHR[i].onerror = function() {
alert("Error occurred");
};
myXHR[i].onload = function() {
if(myXHR[i].status == 200) {
alert("Yay I worked");
var data = myXHR[i].responseText;
}
};
// do some setting up of XHR headers
myXHR[i].send(data);
myXHR[i] = null;
}
What could be happening that would cause Firebug to show Abort before the second .send() is done?

Try this:
url = "http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/test.cgi";
data = "1235,123,21,1232,12321,432";
var myXHR = [];
for(var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
myXHR[i] = new XMLHttpRequest();
myXHR[i].open("POST", url, true);
myXHR[i].onerror = function() {
alert("Error occurred");
};
myXHR[i].onload = function() {
if(myXHR[i].status == 200) {
alert("Yay I worked");
var data = myXHR[i].responseText;
}
};
// do some setting up of XHR headers
myXHR[i].send(data);
myXHR[i] = null;
}

When I run this code I get TypeError: myXHR[i] is undefined (on the stock firefox 20 install on my mac... what version are you on)?
At any rate, I can see one issue with this (i.e. myXHR[i] will be undefined...) that might also apply to you, in particular with:
myXHR[i].onload = function() {
if(myXHR[i].status == 200) {
alert("Yay I worked");
var data = myXHR[i].responseText;
}
};
Because this is triggered asynchronously i will have been incremented to 2, which is of course going to be outside the bounds of the two element myXHR array. Have you tried closing over the value of i, like so:
myXHR[i].onload = (function(i) {
return function() {
if(myXHR[i].status == 200) {
alert("Yay I worked");
var data = myXHR[i].responseText;
}
}
})(i);
Because once I correctly save that i value in that function body this code will succeed for both calls.
I know this isn't the exact issue you're having, but I think it will be an issue regardless so you may as well give it a go right? It's not as though there have been a huge number of other answers unfortunately.
hope this helps..

Found out what was happening.
The XHR was being aborted because there was no return value from the webserver that the request was being sent to. The web server is a custom based one that we seem to be using the someone changed the code so that it wasn't sending a 200 Success OK even if the data sent to it had no data coming back.
All good now. Thanks for the help.

ajax - request data from multiple files on one page?

I am trying to run multiple Ajax functions on load in a single page which will get data from two different php pages. Both the Ajax functions will then print the retrieved data onto the page from which the ajax function was called. The problem I encountered was that the last function call which I make from the Ajax overrides the first function call, and so only the second function result is showed.
The code for one of the Ajax function (since both of the are very similar to each other):
function favorite_track_request(str){
switch(str){
case 'next_track':
var feed = 'require_fav_track_info';
var offset = track_currentOffset + 5;
if(offset > max_track_range){
offset -= 5;
}
break;
case 'prev_track':
var feed = 'require_fav_track_info';
var offset = track_currentOffset - 5;
if(offset < 0){
offset = 0;
}
break;
default:
var feed = 'require_fav_track_info';
var offset = 0;
}
request = new ajaxRequest()
request.open("GET", "scripts/"+feed+".php?offset="+offset, true)
request.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(this.readyState == 4){
if(this.status == 200){
if(this.responseText != null){
if(request.responseText){
document.getElementById('fav_tracks').innerHTML = request.responseText;
}
}else alert("No data recieved");
}else {
alert("Ajax error: "+this.statusText);
}
}
}
request.send(null);
track_currentOffset = offset;
}
This ajax would then print to <div id="fav_tracks"></div>, however this gets overridden because another call (similar to the Ajax above) is made and that overrides the previous one. Is there any way to stop this?

I built a data handler "class" to manage just such a thing. You are right, the one overrides the other. I haven't investigated it, but it's probabably because your are re-assigning the onEvent that AJAX uses.
Below is the class I built (I know, it's not JQuery... it works). What it does is uses timeouts to "know" when to fire the second and third async request. There probably is a JQuery function that does the same thing.
You would call this by using the below for each AJAX call (giving each call a unique var name):
dataHandler = new DataHandler("[name of datafile to call]");
dataHandler.query['[myQueryName]'] = 'myValue' //this is an Object used to build a query string, if needed, so use as many data pairs as you need
dataHandler.asynchronous(myOnReadyStateChangeFN);//put the fn you want to use for readystatechange as a reference... do not includ the ()
Here's the "class":
function DataHandler(dataFile){
this.dataFile = dataFile;
dataInProgress = false;
this.query = new Object();
this.asynchronous = function(fn){
var thisFunction = this.asynchronous
var rand = Math.floor(Math.random()*100001);
var query, timeOutFunctionString;
if(this.dataInProgress){
timeOutFunctionString = callingObjectName+".asynchronous("+fn+")";
this.thisTimeout = setTimeout(timeOutFunctionString,500);
}else{
dataInProgress = true;
this.assignRequestObject.xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function () {
fn();
dataInProgress = false;
return;
};
}
query = this.dataFile + '?r=' + rand;
for (var key in this.query) query = query + '&' + key + '=' + this.query[key];
//console.info("DataHandler.asynchronous\nquery = "+query+'\nthis.dataFile = ' + this.dataFile);
this.assignRequestObject.xmlHttp.open('GET', query, true);
this.assignRequestObject.xmlHttp.send(null);
};
this.AssignRequestObject = function() {
try { this.xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest() } catch (e) {
try { this.xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") } catch (e) {
try { this.xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") } catch (e) {
alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
return false
}
}
}
};
this.assignRequestObject = new this.AssignRequestObject();
};

Form submit using Ajax

I need to submit the a form using Ajax with POST method.The code is as follows,
function persistPage(divID,url,method){
var scriptId = "inlineScript_" + divID;
var xmlRequest = getXMLHttpRequest();
xmlRequest.open("POST",url,true);
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
alert(xmlRequest.readyState + " :" + xmlRequest.status);
if (xmlRequest.readyState ==4 || xmlRequest.status == 200)
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML=xmlRequest.responseText;
};
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, false);
alert(xmlRequest.readyState);
xmlRequest.send(null);
}
but the form is not submitting(request is not executed or no data posted).How to submit the form using Ajax.
Thanks

There's a few reasons why your code doesn't work. Allow me to break it down and go over the issues one by one. I'll start of with the last (but biggest) problem:
xmlRequest.send(null);
My guess is, you've based your code on a GET example, where the send method is called with null, or even undefined as a parameter (xhr.send()). This is because the url contains the data in a GET request (.php?param1=val1&param2=val2...). When using post, you're going to have to pass the data to the send method.
But Let's not get ahead of ourselves:
function persistPage(divID,url,method)
{
var scriptId = "inlineScript_" + divID;
var xmlRequest = getXMLHttpRequest();//be advised, older IE's don't support this
xmlRequest.open("POST",url,true);
//Set additional headers:
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');//marks ajax request
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencode');//sending form
The first of the two headers is not always a necessity, but it's better to be safe than sorry, IMO. Now, onward:
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
{
alert(xmlRequest.readyState + " :" + xmlRequest.status);
if (xmlRequest.readyState ==4 || xmlRequest.status == 200)
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML=xmlRequest.responseText;
};
This code has a number of issues. You're assigning a method to an object, so there's no need to refer to your object using xmlRequest, though technically valid here, this will break once you move the callback function outside the persistPage function. The xmlRequest variable is local to the function's scope, and cannot be accessed outside it. Besides, as I said before, it's a method: this points to the object directlyYour if statement is a bit weird, too: the readystate must be 4, and status == 200, not or. So:
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
{
alert(this.readyState + " :" + this.status);
if (this.readyState === 4 && this.status === 200)
{
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML=this.responseText;
}
};
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, false);
alert(xmlRequest.readyState);//pointless --> ajax is async, so it will alert 0, I think
xmlRequest.send(data);//<-- data goes here
}
How you fill the data is up to you, but make sure the format matches the header: in this case 'content type','x-www-form-urlencode'. Here's a full example of just such a request, it's not exactly a world beater, since I was in the process of ditching jQ in favour of pure JS at the time, but it's serviceable and you might pick up a thing or two. Especially take a closer look at function ajax() definition. In it you'll see a X-browser way to create an xhr-object, and there's a function in there to stringify forms, too
POINTLESS UPDATE:
Just for completeness sake, I'll add a full example:
function getXhr()
{
try
{
return XMLHttpRequest();
}
catch (error)
{
try
{
return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
}
catch(error)
{
try
{
return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
}
catch(error)
{
//throw new Error('no Ajax support?');
alert('You have a hopelessly outdated browser');
location.href = 'http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/';
}
}
}
}
function formalizeObject(form)
{//we'll use this to create our send-data
recursion = recursion || false;
if (typeof form !== 'object')
{
throw new Error('no object provided');
}
var ret = '';
form = form.elements || form;//double check for elements node-list
for (var i=0;i<form.length;i++)
{
if (form[i].type === 'checkbox' || form[i].type === 'radio')
{
if (form[i].checked)
{
ret += (ret.length ? '&' : '') + form[i].name + '=' + form[i].value;
}
continue;
}
ret += (ret.length ? '&' : '') + form[i].name +'='+ form[i].value;
}
return encodeURI(ret);
}
function persistPage(divID,url,method)
{
var scriptId = "inlineScript_" + divID;
var xmlRequest = getXhr();
xmlRequest.open("POST",url,true);
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader('X-Requested-With', 'XMLHttpRequest');
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencode');
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
{
alert(this.readyState + " :" + this.status);
if (this.readyState === 4 && this.status === 200)
{
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML=this.responseText;
}
};
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, false);
alert(xmlRequest.readyState);
xmlRequest.send(formalizeObject(document.getElementById('formId').elements));
}
Just for fun: this code, untested, but should work allright. Though, on each request the persistPage will create a new function object and assign it to the onreadystate event of xmlRequest. You could write this code so that you'll only need to create 1 function. I'm not going into my beloved closures right now (I think you have enough on your plate with this), but it's important to know that functions are objects, and have properties, just like everything else:Replace:
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
{
alert(this.readyState + " :" + this.status);
if (this.readyState === 4 && this.status === 200)
{
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML=this.responseText;
}
};
With this:
//inside persistPage function:
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = formSubmitSuccess;
formSubmitSuccess.divID = divID;//<== assign property to function
//global scope
function formSubmitSuccess()
{
if (this.readyState === 4 && this.status === 200)
{
console.log(this.responseText);
document.getElementById(formSubmitSuccess.divID).innerHTML = this.responseText;
//^^ uses property, set in persistPAge function
}
}
Don't use this though, as async calls could still be running while you're reassigning the property, causing mayhem. If the id is always going to be the same, you can, though (but closures would be even better, then).
Ok, I'll leave it at that

This code can let you understand. The function SendRequest send the request and build the xmlRequest through the GetXMLHttpRequest function
function SendRequest() {
var xmlRequest = GetXMLHttpRequest(),
if(xmlRequest) {
xmlRequest.open("POST", '/urlToPost', true)
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader("connection", "close");
xmlRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlRequest.status == 200) {
// Success
}
else {
// Some errors occured
}
};
xmlRequest.send(null);
}
}
function GetXMLHttpRequest() {
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") != (-1)) {
var theClass = "Msxml2.XMLHTTP";
if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5") != (-1)) {
theClass = "Microsoft.XMLHTTP";
}
try {
objectXMLHTTP = new ActivexObject(theClass);
return objectXMLHTTP;
}
catch (e) {
alert("Errore: the Activex will not be executed!");
}
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla") != (-1)) {
objectXMLHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();
return objectXMLHTTP;
}
else {
alert("!Browser not supported!");
}
}

take a look at this page. In this line: req.send(postData); post data is an array with values that should be posted to server. You have null there. so nothing is posted. You just call request and send no data. In your case you must collect all values from your form, as XMLHTTPRequest is not something that can simply submit form. You must pass all values with JS:
var postData = {};
postData.value1 = document.getElementById("value1id").value;
...
xmlRequest.send(postData);
Where value1 will be available on server like $_POST['value'] (in PHP)
Also there might be a problem with URL or how you are calling persistPage. persistPage code looks ok to me, but maybe I'm missing something. Also you can take a look if you have no errors in console. Press F12 in any browser and find console tab. In FF you may need to install Firebug extention. Also there you will have Network tab with all requests. Open Firebug/Web Inspector(Chrome)/Developer Toolbar(IE) and check if new request is registered in its network tab after you call persistPage.

I found you've invoked the
xmlRequest.open()
method twice, one with async param as true and the other as false. What exactly do you intend to do?
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, true);
...
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, false);
If you want to send asynchronous request, pls pass the param as true.
And also, to use 'POST' method, you'd better send the request header as suggested by Elias,
xmlRequest.setRequestHeader('Content-type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencode');
Otherwise, you may still get unexpected issues.
If you want a synchronous request, actually you may handle the response directly right after you send the request, just like:
xmlRequest.open("POST", url, false);
xmlRequest.send(postData);
// handle response here
document.getElementById(scriptId).innerHTML = xmlRequest.responseText;
Hope this helps.