Questions tagged [responsetext]

The read-only XMLHttpRequest property responseText returns the text received from a server following a request being sent.

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jquery ajax get responsetext from http url

Neither: var response = $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "http://www.google.de", async: false, success : function() { alert (this); } }); Nor: var response2 = $.get("http://www.google.de", function(data) { …
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javascript: how to fetch the content of a web page

In JS is it possible to fetch the content of a web page assigning it to a variable? For example, why the following toy code does not work? var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.open('GET', 'http://www.google.com',…
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Why is responseText undefined here?

$.ajax({ url: 'http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1', method: 'GET', }).done(function(data){ console.log(data); console.log(data.responseText); }); Can anyone help me understand why console.log(data.responseText); is returning…
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returning xmlhttp responseText from function as return

im new in javascript and php , my goal is :RETURN string from xmlhttp responseText to a function return value.So i can use it with innerText or innerHTML method. the html code :