Call a url from javascript
<p>Is there a way to call a url and get a response using javascript?
I need the equivalent of ASP.NET:<br></p>

<pre><code>WebRequest req = HttpWebRequest.Create("http://someurl.com");
WebResponse webResponse = req.GetResponse();
</code></pre>

<p>I have an external url that holds some information I need and I want to call this url from javascript and parse the response in order to determine what to do in my application.</p>
