Type Error: XMLHttp is not a constructor

Question

I have tried with this code in JavaScript as follows:

var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest");

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "https://www.codecademy.com/",true);
xhr.send();

console.log(xhr.status);
console.log(xhr.statusText);

When I run this code using node.js at Command Prompt "node ***.js", an error message comes out saying that 'TypeError: XMLHttpRequest is not a constructor'. I appreciate for any help for why this error. Thanks.

node.js hasn't direct Ajax- API's. You must use Third-Party modules or the net component from node.js — Adrian Preuss
– Adrian Preuss, Commented Mar 9, 2018 at 19:56

Scott Marcus · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-09 19:53:41Z

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The first line should be:

var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;

See the documentation.

answered Mar 9, 2018 at 19:53

Scott Marcus

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Abdelrahman M. Allam · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-09 20:00:07Z

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I think you need to load the module as smlhttprequest and demo

var XMLHttpRequest = require("xmlhttprequest").XMLHttpRequest;
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

edited Mar 9, 2018 at 20:00

answered Mar 9, 2018 at 19:53

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Tony Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer, definitely helpful.

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