easy-ajax

Simple wrapper functions for XMLHttpRequest.

Installation

npm install easy-ajax

Usage

var ajax = require("easy-ajax");

var requestObject = ajax(method, url, options, then);

var requestObject = ajax(method, url, then);

var requestObject = ajax.get(url, options, then);

var requestObject = ajax.get(url, then);

var requestObject = ajax.post(url, data, options, then);

var requestObject = ajax.post(url, data, then);

• requestObject: XMLHttpRequest instance.
• method: HTTP method: "GET", "POST", ...
• options: Configuration object:
  • timeout: Timeout in ms.
  • data: Data to send (when POSTing).
  • randomize: Add a random query string to prevent caching?
  • before: A function to call after opening and before sending the request; called with the XMLHttpRequest object as the first argument.
  • headers: A hash object with additional headers to set; the keys are the header names, the values the values to set for the header.
• then: Callback for when the request is finished.

function then (error, requestObject) { /* ... */ }

• error: An Error instance or null when there are no errors.
• requestObject: The finished XMLHttpRequest instance.