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

Bummer! Did you call send() on the request object?

I keep getting this error message though it seems clear i have called send on the request.

app.js
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (request.readyState === 4) {
    document.getElementById("footer").innerHTML = request.responseText;
  }
};
request.open('GET','footer.html');
function sendAjax(){
  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>

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

It looks like you wrapped the send() call inside a function without calling the function. Try doing it without wrapping it inside a function.

Thanks Seth! that was the issue.