var getSession = function (cb) { var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); request.open('POST', 'http://localhost:7020/session', true); request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json'); request.onload = function() { cb(null, JSON.parse(request.responseText)); }; request.onerror = function() { cb(arguments, null); }; request.send(JSON.stringify({ desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'phantomjs', version: '', platform: 'ANY' } })); }; getSession(function (err, data) { var el = document.createElement('div'); var contents = document.createTextNode(JSON.stringify(data)); el.appendChild(contents); document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(el); });