The HTTP API > The HTTP API > MMHttp.getTextCallback() |
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Description
Retrieves the contents of the document at the specified URL and passes it to the specified function.
Arguments
callbackFunc
, URL
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The first argument is the name of the JavaScript function to call when the HTTP request is complete. |
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The second argument is an absolute URL on a Web server; if "http://" is omitted from the URL, it is assumed. |
Returns
An object that represents the reply from the server. The data
property of this object is a string containing the contents of the document.
Example
The following code populates a form field with the text returned by the MMHttp.GetTextCallback()
function or shows an error message if the function returns an error:
var requestID = MMHttp.getTextCallback("httpCallback", ¬ "www.dreamcentral.com/index.html") function httpCallback(requestID,reply) { if (reply.statusCode == 200) { document.theForm.docContents.value = reply.data; }else{ alert("Request #: " + requestID + "returned the following ¬ error: " + reply.statusCode); } }
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