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### httpGet
Makes a `GET` request to the passed `URL`.
Use `XMLHttpRequest` web api to retrieve data from the server. When the response is ready call the callback function.
```js
const httpGet = (url, callback) => {
const request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open("GET", url, true);
request.onload = () => callback(request);
request.send();
}
```
```js
httpGet('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', request => {
console.log(request.responseText);
}) // 'Array of 100 items'
```