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MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
5,257 PointsOn line 2 of the app.js file, add an onreadystatechange event handler. Add an anonymous function, but don't put any code
On line 2 of the app.js file, add an onreadystatechange event handler. Add an anonymous function, but don't put any code inside it.
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechane = function () {
xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html');
xhr.send();
<!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="sidebar"></div>
</body>
</html>
5 Answers
Ben Spears
19,148 Pointsvar xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html');
xhr.send();
};
Ben Spears
19,148 Pointsxhr.onreadystatechane = function () {
you left the 'g' out of change
Ben Spears
19,148 PointsAre you closing the {} in the function? I dont see the closing brace after the inner code.
MUZ140063 Glen T. Moyo
5,257 Pointsvar xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.onreadychange = function (){ xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html'); xhr.send();
i have written as you suggested above. but am still getting the bummer that says syntax error.
benjamn77
12,593 PointsYou need to have 'state' added to make xhr.onreadystatechange =...
Vincent Phatsima
11,889 Pointsvar xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { xhr.open('GET', 'sidebar.html'); xhr.send(); };