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In JavaScript it is possible to make AJAX POST request in following way.
Note: scroll to See also section to see other variants of AJAX requests.
1. Pure JavaScript (Vanilla JS) AJAX POST request
In this section XMLHttpRequest object usage to make POST request is presented.
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<script>
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
if (xhr.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
if (xhr.status == 200) {
document.body.innerText = 'Response: ' + xhr.responseText;
} else {
document.body.innerText = 'Error: ' + xhr.status;
}
}
};
var data = 'This is my data';
xhr.open('POST', '/examples/echo', true);
xhr.send(data);
</script>
</body>
</html>2. Spring MVC server site POST methods example
In this section simple Spring backend that handle POST method requests is presented.
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
@Controller
public class EchoPostController {
@RequestMapping(value = "/examples/echo", method = RequestMethod.POST)
@ResponseBody
public String makePostEcho(@RequestBody String data) {
return data;
}
}See also
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