AW.HTTP.Request

XML HTTP Request object.

AW.HTTP.Request is a simple wrapper around XMLHttpRequest class in Mozilla or XMLHTTP ActiveX in IE (it also uses native XMLHttpRequest class in IE7). It is intended as a base class for CSV and XML data sources but could be used for standalone AJAX requests as well.

Constructor

 var obj = new AW.HTTP.Request; 

Hierarchy

Properties

async	Indicates whether asynchronous download is permitted.
namespace	Allows to specify namespaces for use in XPath expressions.
parameter	Allows to specify the request arguments/parameters.
password	Sets or retrieves the password.
requestData	Allows to send data with the request.
requestHeader	Sets HTTP request header.
requestMethod	Specifies HTTP request method.
responseHeader	Returns HTTP response header (for example "Content-Type").
responseText	Returns response text.
responseXML	Returns response XML.
URL	Sets or retrieves the remote data URL.
username	Sets or retrieves the user name.

Methods

clone	Creates an object clone.
defineProperty	Creates get/set methods for the property.
getAsync	Returns async property
getPassword	Returns password property
getProperty	Returns property value.
getRequestData	Returns requestData property
getRequestMethod	Returns requestMethod property
getResponseHeader	Returns responseHeader property
getResponseText	Returns responseText property
getResponseXML	Returns responseXML property
getURL	Returns URL property
getUsername	Returns username property
init	Initializes the object.
isReady	Returns true if the model data is available.
request	Sends the request.
response	Allows to process the received data.
setAsync	Sets async property
setNamespace	Sets namespace property
setParameter	Sets parameter property
setPassword	Sets password property
setProperty	Assigns property value.
setRequestData	Sets requestData property
setRequestHeader	Sets requestHeader property
setRequestMethod	Sets requestMethod property
setResponseText	Sets responseText property
setResponseXML	Sets responseXML property
setTimeout	Calls the function after the specified delay.
setURL	Sets URL property
setUsername	Sets username property
toString	Converts object to string.

Examples

var req = new AW.HTTP.Request;
req.setURL('<url>');
req.response = function(text) {
    alert(text); // do something with response here
};
req.request();