XMLHttpRequest.status

The XMLHttpRequest.status property returns the numerical status code of the response of the XMLHttpRequest. status will be an unsigned short. Before the request is complete, the value of status will be 0. It is worth noting that browsers report a status of 0 in case of XMLHttpRequest errors too.

The status codes returned are the standard HTTP status codes. For example, status 200 denotes a successful request. If the server response doesn't explicitly specify a status code, XMLHttpRequest.status will assume the default value of 200.

Example

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
console.log('UNSENT', xhr.status);
xhr.open('GET', '/server', true);
console.log('OPENED', xhr.status);
xhr.onprogress = function () {
  console.log('LOADING', xhr.status);
};
xhr.onload = function () {
  console.log('DONE', xhr.status);
};
xhr.send(null);
/**
 * Outputs the following:
 *
 * UNSENT 0
 * OPENED 0
 * LOADING 200
 * DONE 200
 */

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
XMLHttpRequest Living Standard WHATWG living standard

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 1 (Yes) 1.0 (1.7 or earlier)[1] 7[1] (Yes) 1.2
Feature Android Chrome for Android Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? 1.0 (Yes) (Yes) ? ? ?

[1] Internet Explorer versions 5 and 6 lacked the XMLHttpRequest object, but provided a way to make AJAX requests using ActiveXObject.

See also

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