Re: [Exist-open] Can you parse JSON with the eXist database?

[Florian S. <ml-...@fl...>]

Ted, as far as I see, you never send() your request. The open() method 
specifies / initializes the request, but it doesn't send/execute it.
See:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest/open
https://www.w3schools.com/xml/ajax_xmlhttprequest_create.asp

HTH
Florian


Am 19.08.24 um 19:52 schrieb Ted Hickox:
> I keep hitting a stone wall.  If I write my code like this:
> 
> function Setup() {
>      var XMLHttp;
>      var JSON_Data;
> 
>      XMLHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
>      XMLHttp.open("GET", 
> "http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/apps/HTML_Student/people.json 
> <http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/apps/HTML_Student/people.json>", 
> true);
> 
> 
>              document.getElementById("JSON_Text").value = "I'm right 
> here.";
> 
> }
> The words I'm right here appear in the textbox.
> 
> But if I write my code like this:
> 
> function Setup() {
>      var XMLHttp;
>      var JSON_Data;
> 
>      XMLHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
>      XMLHttp.open("GET", 
> "http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/apps/HTML_Student/people.json 
> <http://localhost:8080/exist/rest/db/apps/HTML_Student/people.json>", 
> true);
>      XMLHttp.onReadyStateChange = function(){
> 
>              document.getElementById("JSON_Text").value = "I'm right 
> here.";
>      };
> }
> 
> Nothing appears in my textbox.  And I don't understand why.  Can 
> someone please explain this to me?