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Request is the basic XHR request class in MooTools
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#result {
width: 500px;
padding: 10px;
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window.addEvent('domready', function(){
// You can skip the following line. We need it to make sure demos
// are runnable on MooTools demos web page.
var demo_path = window.demo_path || '';
// --
//We can use one Request object many times.
var req = new Request({
url: demo_path + 'data.txt',
onSuccess: function(txt){
$('result').set('text', txt);
},
// Our request will most likely succeed, but just in case, we'll add an
// onFailure method which will let the user know what happened.
onFailure: function(){
$('result').set('text', 'The request failed.');
}
});
$('makeRequest').addEvent('click', function(){
req.send();
});
$('failedRequest').addEvent('click', function(e){
//We can pass new options for our Request object to the send method.
req.send({url:'/assets/not_here.txt'});
});
});
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<title>Request Demo</title>
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<body>
<h1>Request</h1>
<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>
Request is the basic XHR request class in MooTools. While not extremely useful on its own, it provides the basic functionality for both Request.HTML and Request.JSON.
</p>
<p>
<a href="#" id="makeRequest" title="Make Request">Make Request</a> | <a href="#" id="failedRequest">This Request Will Fail</a>
</p>
<h2>Result</h2>
<div id="result">Waiting for the request to happen.</div>
</body>
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