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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX Concepts Finish the AJAX Request

Dan Boswell
Dan Boswell
2,570 Points
Posted by Dan Boswell
Dan Boswell
2,570 Points

XHR request not passing the challenge?

I have no idea why this won't pass the challenge. It asked me to open the AJAX request with the GET method and point it to the footer.html.

app.js 
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (request.readyState === 4) {
    document.getElementById("footer").innerHTML = request.responseText;
  }
  request.open('GET', 'footer.html');
  request.send();
};
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main">
    <h1>AJAX!</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

You're really close. The 2 lines you wrote are great, but you put them in the wrong place. They need to go outside the brackets of the onreadystatechange function instead of inside, because otherwise they'll never get called and nothing will ever happen

Dan Boswell
Dan Boswell
2,570 Points
Dan Boswell
Dan Boswell
2,570 Points

Thank you! Sometimes it takes a fresh pair of eyes to show you where you're going wrong.