JavaScript: alert XHR response?

Asked Nov 28 '20 at 22:48

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I'm trying to alert(); the response for a webpage. But the alert popup is blank. The HTTP request returns status 200 and I can see the response HTML in the browser console Network tab.

I've tried examples shown here, here, and here. The alert window is always blank...

What am I getting wrong here? (I'm new to JS).

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
   <body>
      <script type="text/javascript">
        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open("GET", "https://website.com/page", true);
        xhr.withCredentials = true;
        xhr.send();
        
        alert(xhr.response);
        alert(xhr.responseText);
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

asked Nov 28 '20 at 22:48

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You need to wait for the XHR to load first – CertainPerformance Nov 28 '20 at 22:48
thanks, can you provide an example of what that's supposed to look like? – null Nov 28 '20 at 22:49
Start with the documentation of `XMLHttpRequest`. Also not hard to find tutorials on using it – charlietfl Nov 28 '20 at 22:57

JavaScript: alert XHR response?

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