Lukewh · December 11, 2012 15:15 · Dec 11, 2012
diff --git a/getXHR.js b/getXHR.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+function getXHR(url, callback) {
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();       // Creates a new XHR request
+
+    if (!url) {
+        throw new Error('No URL supplied');
+    }
+
+    xhr.open("GET", url, true);         // Open the connection
+
+    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type",
+        "text/plain; charset=utf-8;");
+
+    xhr.withCredentials = "true";        // This sends cookies through 
+
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {      // If the response has finished downloading
+            if(xhr.status === 200){      // And the content was found
+                try {
+                    if (callback) {
+                        callback(null, JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
+                    }
+                } catch(e){
+                    throw new Error('Malformed response');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    xhr.send();                          // Makes the request
+}
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+"permissions": [
+  "http://atlas.metabroadcast.com/",
+  "http://*.google.co.uk/"
+]
diff --git a/postXHR.js b/postXHR.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+function postXHR(url, data, callback) {  // Added data to function
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+
+    if (!url) {
+        throw new Error('No URL supplied');
+    }
+
+    xhr.open("POST", url, true);         // Changed "GET" to "POST"
+
+    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type",
+        "text/plain; charset=utf-8;");
+
+    xhr.withCredentials = "true";
+
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+            if (xhr.status === 200) {
+                try {
+                    if (callback) {
+                        callback(null, JSON.parse(xhr.responseText));
+                    }
+                } catch(e) {
+                    throw new Error('Malformed response');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (data) {
+        data = JSON.stringify(data);         // Stringify the data Object literal
+        xhr.send(data);                      // Added the JSON stringified object.
+    } else {
+        xhr.send();
+    }
+}