var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.open('GET', 'https://api.example.com/data', true); // specify the URL and request type

xhr.onload = function() {

if (xhr.status === 200) {

// request was successful

var response = xhr.responseText;

console.log(response); // do something with the response

} else {

// request failed

console.log('Error: ' + xhr.status);

};

xhr.onerror = function() {

console.log('Request failed');

};

xhr.send(); // send the request