freeCodeCamp/guide/english/javascript/tutorials/the-javascript-version-of-jquerygetjson/index.md

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title: JavaScript Version of Jquerygetjson
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If you want to work with json files with just vanilla JavaScript.

## IE8+

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);

    request.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (this.readyState === 4) {
        if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
          // Success!
          var data = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
        } else {
          // Error :(
        }
      }
    };

    request.send();
    request = null;

## IE9+

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);

    request.onload = function() {
      if (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 400) {
        // Success!
        var data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
      } else {
        // We reached our target server, but it returned an error

      }
    };

    request.onerror = function() {
      // There was a connection error of some sort
    };

    request.send();

## IE10+

    var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    request.open('GET', '/my/url', true);

    request.onload = function() {
      if (this.status >= 200 && this.status < 400) {
        // Success!
        var data = JSON.parse(this.response);
      } else {
        // We reached our target server, but it returned an error

      }
    };

    request.onerror = function() {
      // There was a connection error of some sort
    };

    request.send();