document.getElementById("login-btn").addEventListener("click", function() { let httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest(); /* * Handler for the response */ httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { if (httpRequest.readyState === XMLHttpRequest.DONE) { if (httpRequest.status === 200) { // hide the login button document.getElementById('login').setAttribute("display", "none"); let responseData = JSON.parse(httpRequest.responseText); let dataList = document.getElementById("data-list"); for (let key in responseData) { let newLi = document.createElement("li"); let innerList = document.createElement("ul"); let dataLabel = document.createElement("li"); dataLabel.innerText = key; let dataValue = document.createElement("li"); dataValue.innerText = responseData[key]; innerList.appendChild(dataLabel); innerList.appendChild(dataValue); newLi.appendChild(innerList); dataList.appendChild(newLi); } } else { alert("There was a problem with the login request, please try again!"); } } } httpRequest.open('GET', '/login', true); httpRequest.send(); });