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Catalina Villalonga
5,760 Pointsapi request + api key
Hello !
Let's say a have the API key n : 111111 in a folder call api.json. then on weather.js I do the request like this :
function get(query) {
const request = https.get(api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=${query}&appid=${api}, response => {
let body = "";
// Read the data
response.on('data', chunk => {
body += chunk;
});
response.on('end', () => {
console.log(body);
//Parse data
//Print the data
});
});
}
Im really not getting this subject ! can someone please recomend extra material to read ? or explain to me how to write the https.get request properly ?
Thank you !!
1 Answer
Shardly Romelus
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 20,788 PointsHi Catalina, thanks for this question. I can see that you are or wanting to use Node's https module to make the API request.
I tried to reformat the get() function that you had to make it easier for me to read. you can do that next time with 6 backticks surrounding your code with three backticks on top and three backticks at the bottom.
function get(query) {
const request = https.get(api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=${query}&appid=${api},
response => { let body = ""; // Read the data
response.on('data', chunk => { body += chunk; });
response.on('end', () => { console.log(body); //Parse data //Print the data }); });
}
There are several ways you can make an api request, but here is a good resource if you are just getting started: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/introducing-the-project-17
or If you just want to use Node you can follow this format bellow. follow this link for more details - https://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_get_options_callback
const https = require('https');
https.get('https://encrypted.google.com/', (res) => {
console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
console.log('headers:', res.headers);
res.on('data', (d) => {
process.stdout.write(d);
});
}).on('error', (e) => {
console.error(e);
});
Hopefully, some of these suggestions were helpful.