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Created July 1, 2015 14:06
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Light Postman in 81 LOC
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
form {
padding: 10px;
}
input, button, textarea {
display: block;
color: #333;
margin-bottom: 20px;
border: 1px solid #BBB;
}
input {
width: 600px;
height: 40px;
font-size: 1.8em;
padding: 5px;
}
button {
width: 120px;
height: 50px;
border-radius: 5px;
color: #535353;
background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eee, #ddd);
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight: bold;
}
textarea {
width: 600px;
height: 400px;
font-size: 1.2em;
padding: 5px;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ('withCredentials' in xhr) {
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != 'undefined') {
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}
window.addEventListener('load', function() {
var $submit = document.getElementById('submit');
var $api_uri = document.getElementById('api_uri');
var $result = document.getElementById('result');
$submit.addEventListener('click', function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', encodeURI($api_uri.value));
xhr.onload = function(event) {
$result.value = xhr.response;
};
xhr.send();
});
$api_uri.focus();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="url" id="api_uri" value="http://" />
<button id="submit">Submit</button>
<textarea id="result"></textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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