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You can make an HTTP request in JavaScript using the built-in fetch function or the older XMLHttpRequest object. Here's a basic example of using fetch to make a GET request:

javascript

fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1')

 .then(response => response.json())

 .then(data => console.log(data))

 .catch(error => console.error(error));

This code sends a GET request to the specified URL and expects a JSON response. The then method returns a promise that resolves with the parsed JSON data, which we log to the console. If there's an error, the catch method logs the error to the console.

If you want to send data or use a different HTTP method, you can specify options in the fetch function:

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fetch('https://example.com/api/users', {

 method: 'POST',

 headers: {

  'Content-Type': 'application/json'

 },

 body: JSON.stringify({ username: 'johndoe', password: 'mypassword' })

})

 .then(response => response.json())

 .then(data => console.log(data))

 .catch(error => console.error(error));

This code sends a POST request to the specified URL with a JSON payload in the request body. The headers option specifies that the content type is JSON, and the body option serializes the object as a JSON string.

You can also use the XMLHttpRequest object to make HTTP requests, but it requires more setup and is more verbose than the fetch function.