一种支持旧浏览器的解决方案:

function httpRequest() {
    var ajax = null,
        response = null,
        self = this;

    this.method = null;
    this.url = null;
    this.async = true;
    this.data = null;

    this.send = function() {
        ajax.open(this.method, this.url, this.asnyc);
        ajax.send(this.data);
    };

    if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        ajax = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
        try {
            ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0");
        }
        catch(e) {
            try {
                ajax = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0");
            }
            catch(error) {
                self.fail("not supported");
            }
        }
    }

    if(ajax == null) {
        return false;
    }

    ajax.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if(this.readyState == 4) {
            if(this.status == 200) {
                self.success(this.responseText);
            }
            else {
                self.fail(this.status + " - " + this.statusText);
            }
        }
    };
}

这段代码可能有点过分，但绝对是安全的。

用法:

//create request with its porperties
var request = new httpRequest();
request.method = "GET";
request.url = "https://example.com/api?parameter=value";

//create callback for success containing the response
request.success = function(response) {
    console.log(response);
};

//and a fail callback containing the error
request.fail = function(error) {
    console.log(error);
};

//and finally send it away
request.send();

最好的方法是使用AJAX(您可以在Tizag页面上找到一个简单的教程)。原因是你可能使用的任何其他技术都需要更多的代码，它不能保证在不返工的情况下跨浏览器工作，并且需要你通过在帧内打开隐藏页面传递url解析其数据并关闭它们来使用更多的客户端内存。 AJAX是解决这种情况的方法。这就是我两年的javascript重度开发讲的。

Ajax

你最好使用Prototype或jQuery这样的库。

下面是直接用JavaScript实现的代码。但是，如前所述，使用JavaScript库会更好。我最喜欢jQuery。

在下面的例子中，调用一个ASPX页面(作为穷人的REST服务)来返回一个JavaScript JSON对象。

var xmlHttp = null;

function GetCustomerInfo()
{
    var CustomerNumber = document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerNumber" ).value;
    var Url = "GetCustomerInfoAsJson.aspx?number=" + CustomerNumber;

    xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = ProcessRequest;
    xmlHttp.open( "GET", Url, true );
    xmlHttp.send( null );
}

function ProcessRequest() 
{
    if ( xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.status == 200 ) 
    {
        if ( xmlHttp.responseText == "Not found" ) 
        {
            document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName"    ).value = "Not found";
            document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = "";
        }
        else
        {
            var info = eval ( "(" + xmlHttp.responseText + ")" );

            // No parsing necessary with JSON!        
            document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerName"    ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmname;
            document.getElementById( "TextBoxCustomerAddress" ).value = info.jsonData[ 0 ].cmaddr1;
        }                    
    }
}

你也可以用纯JS来做:

// Create the XHR object.
function createCORSRequest(method, url) {
  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
if ("withCredentials" in xhr) {
// XHR for Chrome/Firefox/Opera/Safari.
xhr.open(method, url, true);
} else if (typeof XDomainRequest != "undefined") {
// XDomainRequest for IE.
xhr = new XDomainRequest();
xhr.open(method, url);
} else {
// CORS not supported.
xhr = null;
}
return xhr;
}

// Make the actual CORS request.
function makeCorsRequest() {
 // This is a sample server that supports CORS.
 var url = 'http://html5rocks-cors.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html';

var xhr = createCORSRequest('GET', url);
if (!xhr) {
alert('CORS not supported');
return;
}

// Response handlers.
xhr.onload = function() {
var text = xhr.responseText;
alert('Response from CORS request to ' + url + ': ' + text);
};

xhr.onerror = function() {
alert('Woops, there was an error making the request.');
};

xhr.send();
}

详见:html5rocks教程

原型让它变得非常简单

new Ajax.Request( '/myurl', {
  method:  'get',
  parameters:  { 'param1': 'value1'},
  onSuccess:  function(response){
    alert(response.responseText);
  },
  onFailure:  function(){
    alert('ERROR');
  }
});