XMLHttpRequest

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JavaScript XMLHttpRequest

XMLHttpRequest is a JavaScript object type that can be used to retrieve a resource via a URL. Despite the Http in the name of the type, an XMLHttpRequest object can be used to retrieve resources via various protocols including the

http,
ftp, and
file protocols.

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