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statusText

Summary

Returns the HTTP status text.

Property of apis/xhr/XMLHttpRequestapis/xhr/XMLHttpRequest

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = element.statusText;

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

Examples

// The following script checks the status to determine if the request was successful var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open("GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", false); xhr.send() if (xhr.statusText == "OK") console.log(xhr.responseText); else console.log(xhr.statusText);

Related specifications

W3C XMLHttpRequest Specification
W3C Working Draft

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