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To get the response from a server, use the responseText or responseXML property of the XMLHttpRequest object. Property responseText responseXML Description get the response data as a string get the response data as XML data

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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:

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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:

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Request the file cd_catalog.xml and parse the response:

x m l D o c = x m l h t t p . r e s p o n s e X M L ; t x t = " " ; x = x m l D o c . g e t E l e m e n t s B y T a g N a m e ( " A R T I S T " ) ; f o r( i = 0 ; i < x . l e n g t h ; i + + ) { t x t = t x t+x [ i ] . c h i l d N o d e s [ 0 ] . n o d e V a l u e+" < b r > " ; } d o c u m e n t . g e t E l e m e n t B y I d ( " m y D i v " ) . i n n e r H T M L = t x t ;
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