How do I keep my game running when I'm doing a XMLHttpRequest in script?

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  • I'm currently doing a XMLHttpRequest which works fine but holds up the rest of the game until the data is returned.

    How would I keep the game running while the request is going on in the background?

    Current request looks like this:

    function apiPostRequest(request, body) {
    	var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    	xmlHttp.open( "POST", baseApiURL + request, false );
    	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
    	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader('X-Auth-token', token);
    	xmlHttp.send(body);
    	console.log("Resp: "+xmlHttp.responseText);
    	
    	resp=xmlHttp.responseText;
    	
    	return xmlHttp.responseText;
    }
    
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  • SOLVED

    Even if nobody replies, I think that just the act of posting a question here seems to bring about some kind of mystical epiphany.:)

    In case anyone should ever need this; to change this to an asynchronous function which runs while your game is still running, it should be something like this:

    function apiPostRequest(request, body,runtime) {
    	var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    	
    	xmlHttp.open( "POST", baseApiURL + request, true );//TRUE indicates asynchronous
    	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
    	xmlHttp.setRequestHeader('X-Auth-token', token);
    	
    	xmlHttp.onload =function (e)
    	{
    		
    		console.log("Resp: "+xmlHttp.responseText);
    		//alert ("Resp :"+xmlHttp.responseText);
    
    		resp=xmlHttp.responseText;
    		results=JSON.parse(xmlHttp.responseText);
    		
    		runtime.globalVars.returned_data = xmlHttp.responseText;
    		runtime.callFunction("Event_Got_Data");//call event sheet function once complete
    
    	}
    
    	xmlHttp.send(body);
    	
    }
    
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