send

Summary

Initiates the request defined by the XMLHttpRequest.

Method of apis/xhr/XMLHttpRequestapis/xhr/XMLHttpRequest

Syntax

 .send(data);

Parameters

data

Data-type

any

(Optional)

Object that specifies the body of the message being sent with the request. May be any one of ArrayBuffer, Blob, Document, DOMString, or FormData object types.

Return Value

No return value

Examples

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "http://localhost/test.xml", true);
xhr.send();

Related specifications

W3C XMLHttpRequest Specification

W3C Working Draft

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article