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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX Concepts A Simple AJAX Example

Pitrov Secondary
Pitrov Secondary
5,121 Points
Posted by Pitrov Secondary
Pitrov Secondary
5,121 Points

How did he get the responseText?

at 7:00 He made typed responseText into the innerHTML. Where did he get the response text from. I know that he got the text from the sidebar, but I don't know why and where he got responseText

1 Answer

trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,711 Points

Hey!

responseText is just a property of the XMLHttpRequest object that you can parse into text for your program. Here's a useful resource on request properties.

Hope this helps!