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JavaScript

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

Why is my AJAX not working?

I have a file folder set up to work with AJAX. I have a dummy json file:

{
    "tweets": [
        {
          "content": "hello"  
        },
        {
          "content": "world"  
        }
    ]
}

window.load = function() {   

    var http = new XMLHttpRequest();


    http.onreadystatechange = function() {
        console.log(http);
    }

    http.open('GET', 'data/tweets.json', true);
    http.send();

}

The problem I'm having, is that when I console.log the http object, I keep getting 4 XMLHttpRequest objects - all of which, have a readystate of 4. But, I believe I'm supposed to get different ready states. This makes me think my code is wrong.

However, if I change my code:

    http.onreadystatechange = function() {
        console.log(http.readystate);
    }

I get "1, 2, 3, 4" - so the st

I'm following along to this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ZUpPiV1ac&index=2&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9jAhrjtZ9U93UMIhnCc44MH

Can someone explain why I can't seem to get the different ready states?