var sys = require("util") , assert = require("assert") , XMLHttpRequest = require("../lib/XMLHttpRequest").XMLHttpRequest , xhr = new XMLHttpRequest() , http = require("http"); // Test server var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { if (req.url === '/redirectingResource') { res.writeHead(303, {'Location': 'http://localhost:8000/'}); res.end(); return; } var body = "Hello World"; res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/plain", "Content-Length": Buffer.byteLength(body), "Date": "Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:17:53 GMT", "Connection": "close" }); res.write("Hello World"); res.end(); this.close(); }).listen(8000); xhr.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4) { assert.equal(xhr.getRequestHeader('Location'), ''); assert.equal(xhr.responseText, "Hello World"); sys.puts("done"); } }; try { xhr.open("POST", "http://localhost:8000/redirectingResource"); xhr.send(); } catch(e) { console.log("ERROR: Exception raised", e); }