Version 1.7 glow.net.Response

Constructor

There is no direct constructor, since glow.net.post and glow.net.get create the instances.

Properties

nativeResponse

The response object from the browser.

Type

Object

Description

This may not have the same properties and methods across user agents.

status

HTTP status code of the response

Type

Number

timedOut

Boolean indicating if the requests time out was reached.

Type

Boolean

wasSuccessful

Boolean indicating if the request returned successfully.

Type

Boolean

Methods

header

Gets a header from the response

Synopsis

myResponse.header(name);

Parameters

name

Type

String

Header name

Returns

String

Header value

Example

var contentType = myResponse.header("Content-Type");

json

Gets the body of the response as a json object

Synopsis

myResponse.json(safeMode);

Parameters

safeMode

Type

Boolean

Default

false

Optional

Yes

If true, the response will be parsed using a string parser which will filter out non-JSON javascript, this will be slower but recommended if you do not trust the data source.

Returns

Object

statusText

Gets the meaning of myResponse.status

Synopsis

myResponse.statusText();

Returns

String

text

Gets the body of the response as plain text

Synopsis

myResponse.text();

Returns

String

Response as text

xml

Gets the body of the response as xml

Synopsis

myResponse.xml();

Returns

xml

Response as XML