对于那些使用AngularJs的人来说，它是$http.get:

$http.get('/someUrl').
  success(function(data, status, headers, config) {
    // this callback will be called asynchronously
    // when the response is available
  }).
  error(function(data, status, headers, config) {
    // called asynchronously if an error occurs
    // or server returns response with an error status.
  });

我不熟悉Mac OS的Dashcode小部件，但如果他们让你使用JavaScript库和支持xmlhttprequest，我会使用jQuery，做这样的事情:

var page_content;
$.get( "somepage.php", function(data){
    page_content = data;
});

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

简单的异步请求:

function get(url, callback) {
  var getRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();

  getRequest.open("get", url, true);

  getRequest.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
    if (getRequest.readyState === 4 && getRequest.status === 200) {
      callback(getRequest.responseText);
    }
  });

  getRequest.send();
}

没有回调的版本

var i = document.createElement("img");
i.src = "/your/GET/url?params=here";

在你的小部件的信息。plist文件，不要忘记设置你的AllowNetworkAccess键为true。