add xDomainRequest adapter

README.md

@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ This is the available config options for making requests. Only the `url` is requ
   // If the request takes longer than `timeout`, the request will be aborted.
   timeout: 1000,
 
+  // `xDomain` indicates whether the request is cross domain.
+  // This option is required to be passed to support cross domain requests on IE 8/9 
+  xDomain: false, //default
+
   // `withCredentials` indicates whether or not cross-site Access-Control requests
   // should be made using credentials
   withCredentials: false, // default

examples/post/index.html

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <form role="form" class="form" onsubmit="return false;">
       <div class="form-group">
         <label for="data">JSON</label>
-        <textarea id="data" class="form-control" rows="5"></textarea>
+        <textarea id="data" class="form-control" rows="5">"data"</textarea>
       </div>
       <button id="post" type="button" class="btn btn-primary">POST</button>
     </form>
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
         document.getElementById('post').onclick = function () {
           var data = document.getElementById('data').value;
 
-          axios.post('/post/server', JSON.parse(data))
+          axios.post('/post/server', data,{
+            xDomain : true
+          },JSON.parse(data))
             .then(function (res) {
               output.className = 'container';
               output.innerHTML = res.data;

examples/server.js

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ dirs = listDirs(__dirname);
 
 server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
   var url = req.url;
+  res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
 
   // Process axios itself
   if (/axios\.min\.js$/.test(url)) {

lib/adapters/xhr.js

@@ -27,18 +27,30 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
     delete requestHeaders['Content-Type']; // Let the browser set it
   }
 
+  var adapter = (XMLHttpRequest || ActiveXObject), 
+      loadEvent = 'onreadystatechange', 
+      xDomain = false;
+
+  // For IE 8/9 CORS support
+  if(config.xDomain && (window && window.XDomainRequest)){
+    adapter = window.XDomainRequest;
+    loadEvent = 'onload';
+    xDomain = true;
+  }
+
   // Create the request
-  var request = new (XMLHttpRequest || ActiveXObject)('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
+  var request = new adapter('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
+
   request.open(config.method.toUpperCase(), buildUrl(config.url, config.params, config.paramsSerializer), true);
 
   // Set the request timeout in MS
   request.timeout = config.timeout;
 
   // Listen for ready state
-  request.onreadystatechange = function () {
-    if (request && request.readyState === 4) {
+  request[loadEvent] = function () {
+    if (request && (request.readyState === 4 || xDomain)) {
       // Prepare the response
-      var responseHeaders = parseHeaders(request.getAllResponseHeaders());
+      var responseHeaders = xDomain ? null : parseHeaders(request.getAllResponseHeaders());
       var responseData = ['text', ''].indexOf(config.responseType || '') !== -1 ? request.responseText : request.response;
       var response = {
         data: transformData(
@@ -51,9 +63,8 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
         headers: responseHeaders,
         config: config
       };
-
       // Resolve or reject the Promise based on the status
-      (request.status >= 200 && request.status < 300 ?
+      ((request.status >= 200 && request.status < 300) || (request.responseText && xDomain) ?
         resolve :
         reject)(response);
 
@@ -80,16 +91,17 @@ module.exports = function xhrAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
   }
 
   // Add headers to the request
-  utils.forEach(requestHeaders, function (val, key) {
-    // Remove Content-Type if data is undefined
-    if (!data && key.toLowerCase() === 'content-type') {
-      delete requestHeaders[key];
-    }
-    // Otherwise add header to the request
-    else {
-      request.setRequestHeader(key, val);
-    }
-  });
+  if(!xDomain)
+    utils.forEach(requestHeaders, function (val, key) {
+      // Remove Content-Type if data is undefined
+      if (!data && key.toLowerCase() === 'content-type') {
+        delete requestHeaders[key];
+      }
+      // Otherwise add header to the request
+      else {
+        request.setRequestHeader(key, val);
+      }
+    });
 
   // Add withCredentials to request if needed
   if (config.withCredentials) {

lib/axios.js

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ var utils = require('./utils');
 var dispatchRequest = require('./core/dispatchRequest');
 var InterceptorManager = require('./core/InterceptorManager');
 
+require('es6-promise').polyfill();
+
 function Axios (defaultConfig) {
   this.defaultConfig = utils.merge({
     headers: {},

package.json

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "grunt build",
     "test": "grunt test",
     "start": "node ./sandbox/server.js",
     "examples": "node ./examples/server.js",

test/specs/requests.spec.js

@@ -54,6 +54,40 @@ describe('requests', function () {
     }, 0);
   });
 
+  it('should make cross domian http request', function (done) {
+    var request, response;
+
+    axios({
+      method: 'post',
+      url: 'www.someurl.com/foo'
+    }).then(function(res){
+      response = res;
+    });
+
+    setTimeout(function () {
+      request = jasmine.Ajax.requests.mostRecent();
+      request.respondWith({
+        status: 200,
+        statusText: 'OK',
+        responseText: '{"foo": "bar"}',
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json'
+        }
+      });
+      
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        expect(response.data.foo).toEqual('bar');
+        expect(response.status).toEqual(200);
+        expect(response.statusText).toEqual('OK');
+        expect(response.headers['content-type']).toEqual('application/json');
+        done();
+      }, 0);
+
+    }, 0);
+
+  });
+
+
   it('should supply correct response', function (done) {
     var request, response;