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### httpDelete
Makes a `DELETE` request to the passed URL.
Use `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://website.com/users/123', request => {
console.log(request.responseText);
}); // 'Deletes a user from the database'
```