How to force a program to wait until an HTTP request is finished in JavaScript?

Question

Is there a way in JavaScript to send an HTTP request to an HTTP server and wait until the server responds with a reply? I want my program to wait until the server replies an

Answer 1

You can perform a synchronous request. jQuery example:

$(function() {
    $.ajax({
       async: false,
       // other parameters
    });
});

You should take a look at jQuery's AJAX API. I highly recommend using a framework like jQuery for this stuff. Manually doing cross-browser ajax is a real pain!