AJAX XMLHttpRequest Server Response

# AJAX - Server Response

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## Server Response

To get the response from a server, use the responseText or responseXML property of the XMLHttpRequest object.

Property | Description
--- | ---
responseText | get the response data as a string
responseXML | get the response data as XML data

## The responseText Property

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:

## Example

document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
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## The responseXML Property

If the response from the server is XML, and you want to parse it as an XML object, use the responseXML property:

## Example

Request the file cd_catalog.xml and parse the response:

xmlDoc=xmlhttp.responseXML;
txt="";
x=xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("ARTIST");
for (i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
txt=txt + x[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML=txt;
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