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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX Concepts Create an XMLHttpRequest Object

Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points
Posted by Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points

AJAX

is says that it cant find the variable

app.js 
var request = new HMLHttpRequest();
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>

2 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Daniel Stangaciu,

You have a very simple typo, instead of XMLHttpRequest you have written HMLHttpRequest. Simply changing HML to XML fixes the issue.

Happy coding!

Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points
Daniel Stangaciu
Daniel Stangaciu
6,221 Points

just realised that a few seconds later after i posted it. anyway, thank you so much mate for the fast answer!!