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using Ajax, loads content from a text file into a paragraph tag
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html lang="en"> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> | |
| <title>Load Text File with AJAX</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Load Content into a Paragraph</h1> | |
| <p id="text-content">This content will be replaced by the text file content.</p> | |
| <button onclick="loadTextFile()">Load Text File</button> | |
| <script> | |
| function loadTextFile() { | |
| // Create a new XMLHttpRequest object | |
| var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); | |
| // Configure it: GET-request for the URL of the text file | |
| xhr.open('GET', 'example.txt', true); | |
| // Set up a function to handle the response | |
| xhr.onload = function() { | |
| if (xhr.status == 200) { | |
| // Success! Update the content of the <p> tag | |
| document.getElementById('text-content').innerText = xhr.responseText; | |
| } else { | |
| // If there was a problem, alert the user | |
| alert('Failed to load the file.'); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| // Send the request | |
| xhr.send(); | |
| } | |
| </script> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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