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JavaScript

Posted by Alessandro Zerillo
Alessandro Zerillo
7,379 Points

Ajax basic task 4/4 code won't work

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { if(xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200){} document.getElementById('sidebar').innerHTML = xhr.responseText }; xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html'); xhr.send();

is the code i'm using however once i add the .innerHTML it says ''task one is no longer passing'

1 Answer

Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points

Your curly brackets on your if statement was wrong, try this.

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { 
   if(xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200){
      document.getElementById('sidebar').innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
     }
  };
xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html');
xhr.send();
Alessandro Zerillo
Alessandro Zerillo
7,379 Points

Appreciate the help! thankyou!

Lucas Santos
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points

updated the code. the open and send method should be outside of the onreadystatechange function