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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) Programming AJAX Stage 2 Challenge Answer

Robert Leonardi
Robert Leonardi
17,151 Points
Posted by Robert Leonardi
Robert Leonardi
17,151 Points

Alternative solution to Meeting Rooms

Pls kindly suggest or comment. thanks

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (xhr.readyState === 4){
    if(xhr.status === 200 ){
      // typeof ==> to check type of data;
      let employees = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
      let add_ul = document.createElement("ul");
      add_ul.className = "bulleted";
      document.getElementById("employeeList").append(add_ul);
      employees.forEach(function(employee){
        let add_li = document.createElement("li");
        add_li.innerText = employee["name"];
        if(employee["inoffice"] == true){add_li.className="in"}else{add_li.className="out"};
        add_ul.append(add_li);
      });
    } else {
          alert("Error "+xhr.status+" due to "+xhr.statusText);
      }
  }
};
xhr.open('GET','data/employees.json');
xhr.send();


var xhr2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr2.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (xhr2.readyState === 4){
    if(xhr2.status === 200 ){
      // typeof ==> to check type of data;
      let rooms = JSON.parse(xhr2.responseText);
      let add_ul = document.createElement("ul");
      add_ul.className = "rooms";
      document.getElementById("roomList").append(add_ul);
      rooms.forEach(function(room){
        let add_li = document.createElement("li");
        add_li.innerText = room["room"];
        if(room["available"] == true){add_li.className="full"}else{add_li.className="empty"};
        add_ul.append(add_li);
      });
    } else {
          alert("Error "+xhr2.status+" due to "+xhr2.statusText);
      }
  }
};
xhr2.open('GET','data/rooms.json');
xhr2.send();

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