var playRequest = HTTPObject(); setInterval("NowPlaying();", 5000); NowPlaying(); function NowPlaying() { // setup GET uri the server script parses playRequest.onreadystatechange = HandleNowPlaying; playRequest.open("GET", serverURI + "cmd=nowPlaying", true); // Do request playRequest.send(null); } function HandleNowPlaying() { if (playRequest.readyState == 4) { var response = ''; var results = ''; // get json object response = playRequest.responseText; var results = eval('('+ response +')'); document.getElementById('np').innerHTML ="Np: "+ results.artist +" - "+ results.title +" // "+ (results.time/1000/60); } }