mech-ajax

Mechanisms which support asynchronous ajax calls without the need for fibers or promises.

See Mechanisms Home for more information and other libraries.

Supported Mechanisms

• ajax.get - Submits a get request to a server for a given uri.

Supported Mechanisms

ajax.get

ajax.get makes an ajax GET request against a uri. It works in conjunction with the core async mechanism.

Traditionally, asynchronous callbacks are handled using a function:

var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); // or new ActiveXObject(...);
var strURL = "http://www.example.org/some.file";
// ...
xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
  console.log(xmlHttpReq.responseText);
}

With mechanisms and cell scoping:

m.cell("A:1");
m.async(
  m.ajax.get("http://www.example.org/some.file"),
  m.cellRef("A:1"),
  m.writeLn(m.cellGet("A:1"))
).go;

The result of the ajax.get call is placed into cell A:1. The value of that cell is then written to the console.

Setup

Using In Your Projects

Change directory to your node ajax.

$ npm install --save mech-ajax

Development

Get Involved!

There are a lot of core mechanisms just waiting to be created. Many of them can be created in a few hours including in-depth tests. Clone mech-library to get started!

Setup

Install:

$ npm install

Continuous test:

$ gulp

Test:

$ gulp webtests

Test Server

Read documentation in gulpfile.js to see how to setup automated web testing.

$ gulp webserver