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AJAX Response Formats

3:42 with Dave McFarland

In this video, you'll learn which formats web servers commonly send as a response to an AJAX request: plain text, HTML, and XML. Learn the basics of XML.

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    Web servers usually reply to AJAX requests with a text response. 0:00
    This could be a simple message, like okay, or message received. 0:01
    For instance, say you're using AJAX to submit information from a form. 0:05
    A user visits the web page, enters information, and hits a submit button. 0:10
    Instead of exiting the page, as you normally do when you submit a 0:15
    form, you could use AJAX to send the form's information to the server. 0:17
    After the server gets that data and does something with it, like, you know, 0:22
    adding it to a database, the web server could send a simple text response. 0:25
    Form submitted successfully, for example. 0:29

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