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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Sending a short message to a server
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:55:24 +0100
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Stefan Ram wrote:

>   Assume, you want to send a short message to a Web server.
> 
>   For example, »screenwidth=1200«.
> […]
> 
> Issue an AJAX request with a similar URI: request.open
>     ( "GET", "http://server/cgi?screenwidth=1200" ... );

“AJAX” is as much a thing of the past as is CGI.  Moreover, without a 
subsequent request.send(null), nothing considerable will happen.

>   What's the recommendable way to do something like this today?

If it is a text message, then

  fetch('…?msg=' + encodeURIComponent('screenwidth=1200'));

Otherwise,

  fetch('…?screenwidth=1200');

If PATH_INFO support is enabled,

  fetch('…/screenwidth=1200');

can work, too.

In general, if there are no backwards compatibility considerations,
the Fetch API is the way to go.

<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API>

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