javascript http request

let data = {element: "barium"};

fetch("/post/data/here", {
  method: "POST", 
  body: JSON.stringify(data)
}).then(res => {
  console.log("Request complete! response:", res);
});


// If you are as lazy as me (or just prefer a shortcut/helper):

window.post = function(url, data) {
  return fetch(url, {method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(data)});
}

// ...

post("post/data/here", {element: "osmium"});

// Use these functions:

function _GET_REQUEST(url, response) {
  var xhttp;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else {
    xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
      response(this.responseText);
    }
  };

  xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
  xhttp.send();
}

function _POST_REQUEST(url, params, response) {
  var xhttp;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else {
    xhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
      response(this.responseText);
    }
  };

  xhttp.open("POST", url, true);
  xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  xhttp.send(params);
}


// Use like:
_GET_REQUEST('http://url.com', (response) => {
	// Do something with variable response
  	console.log(response);
});
_POST_REQUEST('http://url.com', 'parameter=sometext', (response) => {
	// Do something with variable response
  	console.log(response);
});

function makeRequest (method, url, data) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open(method, url);
    xhr.onload = function () {
      if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 300) {
        resolve(xhr.response);
      } else {
        reject({
          status: this.status,
          statusText: xhr.statusText
        });
      }
    };
    xhr.onerror = function () {
      reject({
        status: this.status,
        statusText: xhr.statusText
      });
    };
    if(method=="POST" && data){
        xhr.send(data);
    }else{
        xhr.send();
    }
  });
}

//GET example
makeRequest('GET', "https://www.codegrepper.com/endpoint.php?param1=yoyoma").then(function(data){
              var results=JSON.parse(data);
});

function httpGetAsync(url, callback) {
  var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() { 
    if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200)
      callback(xmlHttp.responseText);
  }
  xmlHttp.open("GET", url, true); // true for asynchronous 
  xmlHttp.send(null);
}

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {

    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {

        // Typical action to be performed when the document is ready:
       
 document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = xhttp.responseText;

    }
};

xhttp.open("GET", "filename", true);

xhttp.send();
 

function makeRequest (method, url, data) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open(method, url);
    xhr.onload = function () {
      if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 300) {
        resolve(xhr.response);
      } else {
        reject({
          status: this.status,
          statusText: xhr.statusText
        });
      }
    };
    xhr.onerror = function () {
      reject({
        status: this.status,
        statusText: xhr.statusText
      });
    };
    if(method=="POST" && data){
        xhr.send(data);
    }else{
        xhr.send();
    }
  });
}

//GET example
makeRequest('GET', "https://www.codegrepper.com/endpoint.php?param1=yoyoma").then(function(data){
              var results=JSON.parse(data);
});
//POST example
var data={"person":"john","balance":1.23};
makeRequest('POST', "https://www.codegrepper.com/endpoint.php?param1=yoyoma",data).then(function(data){
              var results=JSON.parse(data);
});