al <code>Object.assign</code> internally.</p>
<p><a href=signatures.html>How to read signatures</a></p>
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<h3 id=how-it-works><a href=#how-it-works>How it works</a></h3>
<p>The <code>m.request</code> utility is a thin wrapper around <a href=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest><code>XMLHttpRequest</code></a>, and allows making HTTP requests to remote servers in order to save and/or retrieve data from a database.</p>
<pre><code class=language-javascript>m.request({
    method: &