Appcelerator: HTTPClient snippet

snip.js

var url = "https://www.appcelerator.com";
var xhr = Ti.Network.createHTTPClient({
    onload: function(e) {
        // this.responseText holds the raw text return of the message (used for JSON)
        // this.responseXML holds any returned XML (used for SOAP web services)
        // this.responseData holds any returned binary data
        Ti.API.debug(this.responseText);
        alert('success');
    },
    onerror: function(e) {
        Ti.API.debug(e.error);
        alert('error');
    },
    timeout:5000
});

xhr.open("GET", url);
xhr.send();