I need to send a JSON (which I can stringify) to the server and to retrieve the resulting JSON on the user side, without using JQuery.
If I should use a GET, how do I pass the JSON as a parameter? Is there a risk it would be too long?
If I should use a POST, how do I set the equivalent of an onload function in GET?
Or should I use a different method?
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// Sending and receiving data in JSON format using POST method
//
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "url";
xhr.open("POST", url, true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
var json = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
console.log(json.email + ", " + json.password);
}
};
var data = JSON.stringify({"email": "[email protected]", "password": "101010"});
xhr.send(data);
// Sending a receiving data in JSON format using GET method
//
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "url?data=" + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({"email": "[email protected]", "password": "101010"}));
xhr.open("GET", url, true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {
var json = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
console.log(json.email + ", " + json.password);
}
};
xhr.send();
<?php
// Handling data in JSON format on the server-side using PHP
//
header("Content-Type: application/json");
// build a PHP variable from JSON sent using POST method
$v = json_decode(stripslashes(file_get_contents("php://input")));
// build a PHP variable from JSON sent using GET method
$v = json_decode(stripslashes($_GET["data"]));
// encode the PHP variable to JSON and send it back on client-side
echo json_encode($v);
?>
The limit of the length of an HTTP Get request is dependent on both the server and the client (browser) used, from 2kB - 8kB. The server should return 414 (Request-URI Too Long) status if an URI is longer than the server can handle.
Note Someone said that I could use state names instead of state values; in other words I could use xhr.readyState === xhr.DONE instead of xhr.readyState === 4 The problem is that Internet Explorer uses different state names so it's better to use state values.
Using new api fetch:
const dataToSend = JSON.stringify({"email": "[email protected]", "password": "101010"});
let dataReceived = "";
fetch("", {
credentials: "same-origin",
mode: "same-origin",
method: "post",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: dataToSend
})
.then(resp => {
if (resp.status === 200) {
return resp.json()
} else {
console.log("Status: " + resp.status)
return Promise.reject("server")
}
})
.then(dataJson => {
dataReceived = JSON.parse(dataJson)
})
.catch(err => {
if (err === "server") return
console.log(err)
})
console.log(`Received: ${dataReceived}`) Source: Stackoverflow.com