Mendix 9 Client Documentation: Namespace: server

Handle server communication.

Methods

(static) get(args)

Fetches a resource from the server using the HTTP GET method.

Parameters:

Name Type Description

args

Object

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`url`	string	url from which to fetch the resource
`handleAs`	"text" \| "json" \| "xml"	format in which to deliver the response
`load`	mx.server~XhrSuccessCallback	function to handle the response
`error`	mx.server~XhrErrorCallback	function to handle errors

Deprecated:

since version 8.0.0, use the Fetch API instead

Example

mx.server.get({
    url: "/data/files/dogs.txt",
    handleAs: "text",
    load: function(response) {
        console.log("dogs", response);
    },
    error: function(e) {
        console.log("failed to retrieve resource");
    }
});

(static) getCacheBust() → {string}

Gets the cache bust used to refetch assets after a redeployment.

Returns:

cache bust to append to an URL

Type: string

Example

mx.server.getCacheBust(); // Get the cache bust e.g. "635161595264900996"

Type Definitions

XhrErrorCallback(error)

Error callback for XHRs.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`error`	Error	error describing the failure of the request

XhrSuccessCallback(response)

Success callback for XHRs.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
`response`	string \| object \| Document	response for the XHR, depending on the `args.handleAs` parameter of the original request