This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version.
The last existing version (v5.0.0.1) is shown here.
xml_http_request(request_method, path, *args)
public
Performs an XMLHttpRequest request with the given parameters, mirroring an
AJAX request made from JavaScript.
The request_method is :get,:post,:patch,:put,:delete
or :head;
the parameters are nil, a hash, or a url-encoded or multipart
string; the headers are a hash.