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+---
+title: HTTP delete
+tags: browser
+cover: beach-from-above
+firstSeen: 2020-04-16T11:21:33+03:00
+lastUpdated: 2020-10-19T22:49:51+03:00
+---
+
+Makes a `DELETE` request to the passed URL.
+
+- Use the `XMLHttpRequest` web API to make a `DELETE` request to the given `url`.
+- Handle the `onload` event, by running the provided `callback` function.
+- Handle the `onerror` event, by running the provided `err` function.
+- Omit the third argument, `err` to log the request to the console's error stream by default.
+
+```js
+const httpDelete = (url, callback, err = console.error) => {
+  const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
+  request.open('DELETE', url, true);
+  request.onload = () => callback(request);
+  request.onerror = () => err(request);
+  request.send();
+};
+```
+
+```js
+httpDelete('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1', request => {
+  console.log(request.responseText);
+}); // Logs: {}
+```