Below is the code to make a cross-domain request with CORS and JSON using HTML, CSS, and ES6 JavaScript. Please contact me at maria@mclinteractive.com if you have any questions. I also wrote the code for a cross-domain request with CORS and XML.
Demo
Order Details
| Order No. | Order date | Title | Quantity | Total |
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Resources
Description
This is an example of making a cross domain request using CORS – it stands for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing – which allows cross-domain communication from the browser.
JSON
Here is the JSON feed:
{
"jsonOrders": {
"shipto": {
"name": "Jane Doe",
"address": "253 Dale St., Apt. 15",
"city": "Saint Paul",
"state": "MN",
"zip": "55103"
},
"item": [
{
"number": "304058674035",
"date": "01-13-2017",
"title": "DAGGER WITH SCABBARD",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "42.99"
},
{
"number": "103504027396",
"date": "02-09-2017",
"title": "DISCOVER",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "14.96"
},
{
"number": "304055403758",
"date": "03-08-2017",
"title": "BUTTER TOFFEE CASHEWS",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "23.65"
},
{
"number": "304054144406",
"date": "04-07-2017",
"title": "FIGI'S CASHEWS",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "44.07"
},
{
"number": "304059825304",
"date": "04-14-2017",
"title": "100 YRS AMERICAN QUARTERS",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "30.08"
},
{
"number": "500673235029",
"date": "09-02-2017",
"title": "SEAT SILVER",
"quantity": "1",
"total": "56.18"
}
]
}
}
JavaScript
If you don’t use development tools such as Webpack, compile the ES6 Javascript displayed below with Babel, and place it above </body>.
<script>
(function(window, document, undefined){
const jsonOrders = {
init(){
let self = this;
self.getData();
},
getData(){
let self = this,
url = "jsonOrders.json";
let createCORSRequest = function(method, url) {
let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ("withCredentials" in xhr) {
// Check if the XMLHttpRequest object has a "withCredentials" property.
// "withCredentials" only exists on XMLHTTPRequest2 objects.
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != "undefined") {
// Otherwise, check if XDomainRequest.
// XDomainRequest only exists in IE, and is IE's way of making CORS requests.
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
// Otherwise, CORS is not supported by the browser.
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}
let xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', url);
if (!xhr) {
throw new Error('CORS not supported');
}
xhr.onload = function() {
let jsonDoc = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
// process the response.
self.setPayee( jsonDoc);
self.setData( jsonDoc);
jsonOrders.jsonDoc = jsonDoc;
};
xhr.onerror = function() {
console.log('There was an error!');
};
xhr.send();
},
emptyTable(){
let tbdy = document.getElementsByTagName('tbody')[0];
tbdy.innerHTML = '';
},
setPayee(obj){
let self = this, data = obj || jsonOrders.jsonDoc,
dataObj = data.jsonOrders.shipto;
let name = dataObj.name,
address = dataObj.address,
city = dataObj.city,
state = dataObj.state,
zip = dataObj.zip,
pchId = document.getElementById('payee'),
para1 = document.createElement("p"),
para2 = document.createElement("p"),
para3 = document.createElement("p");
name = document.createTextNode(name);
address = document.createTextNode(address);
city = document.createTextNode(city + ', ' + state + ' ' + zip);
pchId.className = 'payee';
para1.appendChild(name);
para2.appendChild(address);
para3.appendChild(city);
pchId.appendChild(para1);
pchId.appendChild(para2);
pchId.appendChild(para3);
},
displayData(obj){
let tbdy = document.getElementsByTagName('tbody')[0],
row = tbdy.insertRow(0),
number = row.insertCell(0),
date = row.insertCell(1),
title = row.insertCell(2),
quantity = row.insertCell(3),
total = row.insertCell(4);
number.innerHTML = obj.number;
date.innerHTML = obj.date;
title.innerHTML = obj.title;
quantity.innerHTML = obj.quantity;
total.innerHTML = obj.total;
},
setData(obj){
let self = this, data = obj || jsonOrders.jsonDoc,
dataObj = data.jsonOrders.item;
self.emptyTable();
for (let property in dataObj) {
if (dataObj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
self.displayData(dataObj[property]);
}
}
},
reverseData: function(){
let self = this, data = jsonOrders.jsonDoc,
dataObj = data.jsonOrders.item;
self.emptyTable();
function reverseObj(obj, fx) {
let array = [];
for (let key in obj) {
if (dataObj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
array.push(key);
}
}
for (let i = array.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
fx.call(obj, array[i]);
}
}
reverseObj(dataObj, function(key) { self.displayData(this[key]); });
}
};
(function(){//dom ready
jsonOrders.init();
let button = document.getElementsByTagName('button')[0];
button.onclick = function(){
if (button.className !== 'reverse') {
button.className = 'reverse';
jsonOrders.reverseData();
} else {
button.className = '';
jsonOrders.setData();
}
};
}());
}(window, document));
</script>
HTML
Place the HTML somewhere in your page between the <body> and <\body>.
<header> <h1>Current Order Details</h1> </header> <main> <div id="order-details"> <div id="payee"> </div> <button>Reverse Order</button> <table id="orderTable"> <thead> <tr> <th>Order No.</th> <th>Order date</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Quantity</th> <th>Total</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> </tbody> </table> </div> </main>
CSS
Place the CSS somewhere between the <head> and <\head>.
<style>
#order-details button {
background-color:#d7d7d7;
font-size:14px;
padding:5px 10px;
margin: 25px 15px;
border-radius:5px;
cursor:pointer;
}
#order-details table {
padding-top: 10px;
background-color: #CC9;
font-size: 0.8em;
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}
#order-details tr { border: 1px solid #ccc; }
#order-details td, #order-details th {
padding:15px;
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
}
#order-details th {
background-color: #9CC;
font-weight:bold;
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 760px),
(min-device-width: 768px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
#order-details table, #order-details thead, #order-details tbody, #order-details th, #order-details td, tr {
display: block;
}
#order-details thead tr {
position: absolute;
top: -9999px;
left: -9999px;
}
#order-details tr { border: 1px solid #ccc; }
#order-details td {
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
position: relative;
padding-left: 50%;
}
#order-details td:before {
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
left: 6px;
width: 45%;
padding-right: 10px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
#order-details td:nth-of-type(1):before { content: "Order No"; }
#order-details td:nth-of-type(2):before { content: "Order Date"; }
#order-details td:nth-of-type(3):before { content: "Title"; }
#order-details td:nth-of-type(4):before { content: "Quantiy"; }
#order-details td:nth-of-type(5):before { content: "Total"; }
}
</style>
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