diff --git a/snippets/httpPut.md b/snippets/httpPut.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..98b1c91e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/httpPut.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +### httpPost + +Makes a `PUT` request to the passed URL. + +Use `XMLHttpRequest` web api to make a `put` request to the given `url`. +Set the value of an `HTTP` request header with `setRequestHeader` method. +Handle the `onload` event, by running the provided `callback` function. +Handle the `onerror` event, by running the provided `err` function. +Omit the last argument, `err` to log the request to the console's error stream by default. + +```js +const httpPut = (url, data, callback, err = console.error) => { + const request = new XMLHttpRequest(); + request.open("POST", url, true); + request.setRequestHeader('Content-type','application/json; charset=utf-8'); + request.onload = () => callback(request); + request.onerror = () => err(request); + request.send(data); +}; +``` + +```js +const password = "fooBaz"; +const data = JSON.stringify(password); +httpPost(`https://website.com/posts/123`, data, request => { + console.log(request.responseText); +}); // 'Updates a user's password in database' +```