<div></div>

body {padding:3em;background-color:#ccc;}

var github = 'https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=state%3Aopen',
    div = document.getElementsByTagName('div')[0];

request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', github, true);

request.onload = function() {
    data = JSON.parse(request.responseText);
    div.innerHTML = data.items[0].html_url;
};


request.send();