Get HTML code using JavaScript with a URL

Question

I am trying to get the source code of HTML by using an XMLHttpRequest with a URL. How can I do that?

I am new to programming and I am not too sure how can I do it without jQuery.

Answer 1

Use jQuery:

$.ajax({ url: 'your-url', success: function(data) { alert(data); } }); 

This data is your HTML.

Without jQuery (just JavaScript):

function makeHttpObject() {   try {return new XMLHttpRequest();}   catch (error) {}   try {return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");}   catch (error) {}   try {return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}   catch (error) {}    throw new Error("Could not create HTTP request object."); }  var request = makeHttpObject(); request.open("GET", "your_url", true); request.send(null); request.onreadystatechange = function() {   if (request.readyState == 4)     alert(request.responseText); };