GET request in javascript only works in IE

Question

This request only work with internet explorer, I've tried many different solutions, for two days I've been trying to make it work and I couldn't . please advise.

pure javascript:

     var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
     xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
            data = xmlhttp.responseText;
            console.log(data);
            document.getElementById("p").innerText = data;
         }
       };
    xmlhttp.open("GET", "http://myanimelist.net/api/anime/search.xml?q=naruto", true);
    xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Authorization','Basic TUFMUTpNTU1xcXExMTEyMjJAQEAjIyM='); 
    xmlhttp.send(null);

jquery:

    $.ajax({
   url: "http://myanimelist.net/api/anime/search.xml?q=naruto",
   cache: false,
   headers: {"Authorization": "Basic TUFMUTpNTU1xcXExMTEyMjJAQEAjIyM=" ,"Content-Type": "application/xml"},
   method: 'GET',
   dataType: 'xml',
   async: true,
   success: function(data) {
     var xmlText = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(data);
     var xmlTextNode = document.createTextNode(xmlText);
     var parentDiv = document.getElementById('sdiv');
     parentDiv.appendChild(xmlTextNode);
    }
  });

Perhaps because you are using the non-standard `innerText`? Use `textContent`. Also check your console for errors. — Alexander O'Mara, Jul 25 '16 at 00:33
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3076414/ways-to-circumvent-the-same-origin-policy — Jonathan, Jul 25 '16 at 01:01
@MALQ can you not abandon the question.. what have you done since asking? — Jonathan, Jul 25 '16 at 23:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '16 at 01:06

AJAX is limited to the same domain of your site, because of the Same Origin Policy.

You will have to find a way to circumvent it or use AJAX in combination with server-side scripting to get the desired results. If you're going to use something like PHP, you could use something like simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents("http://example.org/search.xml?query")); but I think you'll also find that the domain in question is using HTTP authentication as well

GET request in javascript only works in IE

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