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Vy Nguyen
4,350 PointsWhat am I doing wrong?
Please help
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();
}
<!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>
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! You've incorporated your sending of the request into a function called sendAJAX. but this function was never asked for by the challenge, so it doesn't know to call that function. The only line that should be needed for step two is:
request.send();
Hope this helps!
