To get the response from a server, use the responseText or responseXML property of the XMLHttpRequest object.
Property | Description |
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responseText | get the response data as a string |
responseXML | get the response data as XML data |
If the response from the server is not XML, use the responseText property.
The responseText property returns the response as a string, and you can use it accordingly:
If the response from the server is XML, and you want to parse it as an XML object, use the responseXML property:
Request the file cd_catalog.xml and parse the response: