method

xml_http_request

v2.1.0 - Show latest stable - Class: ActionController::Integration::Session

xml_http_request(request_method, path, parameters = nil, headers = nil)

public

Performs an XMLHttpRequest request with the given parameters, mirroring a request from the Prototype library.

The request_method is :get, :post, :put, :delete or :head; the parameters are nil, a hash, or a url-encoded or multipart string; the headers are a hash. Keys are automatically upcased and prefixed with ‘HTTP_’ if not already.

# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/integration.rb, line 206
      def xml_http_request(request_method, path, parameters = nil, headers = nil)
        headers ||= {}
        headers['X-Requested-With'] = 'XMLHttpRequest'
        headers['Accept'] ||= 'text/javascript, text/html, application/xml, text/xml, */*'

        process(request_method, path, parameters, headers)
      end

xml_http_request

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