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How to make an XML HttpRequest
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//For this gist, I'm using a free, public API that shows information about a user's location based on their IP address | |
//here's where I store the API key I was provided with | |
const myKey = 'c00508dc4104c70518fcf49e17216676'; | |
//here's a random IP from the internet | |
const myIp = '191.101.63.2'; | |
function myRequest(){ | |
//initialize the XMLHttpRequest object | |
const request = new XMLHttpRequest(); | |
//set the parameters to be used in the call | |
request.open("GET", 'http://api.ipstack.com/' + myIp +'?access_key='+ myKey +'&format=1',true); | |
//send the request | |
request.send(); | |
//once the response has been received, do XYZ with the response | |
request.onload = function(){ | |
//parse the response and write it on the console | |
console.log(JSON.parse(request.responseText)); | |
} | |
} | |
myRequest(); | |
myRequest(); |
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