XMLHttpRequest to get HTTP response from remote host

Question

Why the following code Based on Mozilla example does not work? Tried with Firefox 3.5.7 & Chrome.

Answer 1

Your browser is preventing cross-site scripting. You have to use a relative path, otherwise most browsers will simply return an error or an empty responseText.

The following Stack Overflow post is probably also related to your problem:

• Empty responseText from XMLHttpRequest.