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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Call the jQuery $.getJSON method

Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points
Posted by Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points

AJAX expert help me in this challenge!

What went wrong here?

weather.js 
$(document).ready(function() {

  var weatherAPI = 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather';
  var data = {
    q : "Portland,OR",
    units : "metric"
  };
  function showWeather(weatherReport) {
    $('#temperature').text(weatherReport.main.temp);
  }
  $.getJSON(weatherAPI, data, showWeather());
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>What's the Weather Like?</title>
  <script src="jquery.js"></script>
  <script src="weather.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main">
    <h1>Current temperature: <span id="temperature"></span>&deg;</h1>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points

Looks solid. You're just missing the api key. They changed it a while ago so now you need one to get json back. Just sign up for one and add it as another key/value in your data object. The key is "appid" as seen in their sample call: http://samples.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London,uk&appid=b1b15e88fa797225412429c1c50c122a1