nanoajax

An ajax library you need a microscope to see.

Weighs in at 415 bytes gzipped, 623 bytes minified. It is very basic, but cross-browser compatible

NOTE: The POST api has changed in version v0.2.1, see second example below for details.

Releases

The latest release (v0.2.1) includes custom header support but is larger than the previous release, v0.1.1.

Install

Can be used via browserify:

npm install nanoajax

var nanoajax = require('nanoajax')

Or you can use the global script:

<script src="/nanoajax.min.js"></script>

(You can build that script with: npm install -g uglify-js && ./make)

Use

GET

nanoajax.ajax('/some-get-url', function (code, responseText) { ... })

POST

nanoajax.ajax({url: '/some-post-url', method: 'POST', body: 'post=content&args=yaknow'}, function (code, responseText, request) {
    # code is response code
    # responseText is response body as a string
    # request is the xmlhttprequest, which has `getResponseHeader(header)` function
})

Options

url required
method "GET", "POST", "PUT", etc
body string body (if its not url-encoded, make sure to set Content-Type header)
headers header object
withCredentials true or false only applicable to CORS (does not work in IE)

Compatibility

nanoajax works on android, ios, IE8+, and all modern browsers.

CORS Note: nanoajax does not support IE8 cross-domain requests.

License

MIT found in LICENSE file.

leroix / nanoajax