To make an HTTP request in JavaScript, you can use the XMLHttpRequest object or the newer fetch

API. Here's an example of both methods:

Using XMLHttpRequest:

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var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open("GET", "https://api.example.com/data", true);

xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200)

{ var response = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText); // Process the response data here } };

xhr.send();

In this example, we create a new XMLHttpRequest object, open a GET request to the specified URL

(https://api.example.com/data), and set the onreadystatechange event handler to handle the

response. When the ready state changes to 4 (indicating that the response has been received) and

the status is 200 (indicating a successful response), we can process the response.

Using fetch API:

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fetch("https://api.example.com/data") .then(function(response) { if (response.ok) {

return response.json(); } else { throw new Error("Error: " + response.status); } })

.then(function(data) { // Process the response data here }) .catch(function(error) {

console.log(error); });

With the fetch API, we directly call the fetch function with the URL. It returns a Promise that resolves

to the Response object. We can then use the ok property of the response to check if the request was

successful. If so, we can call the json() method on the response to parse the response data. Finally,

we can process the data in the second .then() block or handle any errors in the .catch() block.
Both methods can be used to make different types of requests (GET, POST, etc.), and you can set

request headers, send data in the request body, and handle other aspects of the HTTP

request/response cycle.