Need help making a simple request(Newbie Question)

[eldan88]

Hey guys. I am new to using javascript with ajax.  I want to get my hands dirty using javascript and ajax before moving on to jquery... I am trying to request a simple txt document, but my console.log is keep giving me the following.. 

1. Uncaught InvalidStateError: Failed to execute 'send' on 'XMLHttpRequest': the object's state must be OPENED.
   1. request.onreadystatechange

 

 

 

 

Any idea on how to correct this? Below is my code.

 

var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', 'data.txt', true);
request.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if((request.readyState === 4) && (request.status === 200)) {
      request.send();
console.log(request);
document.write(request.responseText);  
    }
}

request.send();

 

[eldan88]

Never mind!  I solved the issue!