https://github.com/stisa/ajax

Ajax wrapper for nim js backend
https://github.com/stisa/ajax

ajax hacktoberfest json nim nim-lang wrapper xmlhttprequest

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Ajax wrapper for nim js backend

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stisa/ajax
• Owner: stisa
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-03-05T18:54:16.000Z (almost 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-10-28T22:27:47.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-09-05T11:41:32.608Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: ajax, hacktoberfest, json, nim, nim-lang, wrapper, xmlhttprequest
• Language: Nim
• Homepage:
• Size: 22.5 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Basic wrapper for ajax, for the javascript backend of [nim](https://nim-lang.org)

  

[Examples](http://stisa.space/ajax)  

[Generated Docs](http://stisa.space/ajax/ajax.html)

Example: Alert the content of a file named `test.html`

```nim

import dom

import ajax

proc makeRequest(url:cstring) =

  var httpRequest = newXMLHttpRequest()

  if httpRequest.isNil:

    window.alert("Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance")

    return

  proc alertContents(e:Event) =

    if httpRequest.readyState == rsDONE:

      if httpRequest.status == 200:

        window.alert(httpRequest.responseText)

      else:

        window.alert("There was a problem with the request.")

  httpRequest.onreadystatechange = alertContents

  httpRequest.open("GET", url);

  httpRequest.send();

document.getElementById("ajaxButton").onclick = proc(e:Event) =

  makeRequest("test.html")

```