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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Create a Command Line Weather Application Project Overview

Posted by Nicholas Smay
Nicholas Smay
14,768 Points

Fetch API?

Is it possible to use the Fetch API with node.js? I used this in previous parts of my course, and much prefer it to the way we are learning to use API's with node.js. Just thought I'd ask!

Cheers!

2 Answers

Nicholas Smay
Nicholas Smay
14,768 Points

Just figured it out. Just used the "node-fetch" module. So much cleaner!

const fetch = require('node-fetch');

fetch('http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=London&APPID=15f940b5187ebe422c262ced8c1a6cf0')
  .then(res => {return res.json()})
  .then(json => {console.log(json)})
Richard Boothe
Richard Boothe
25,204 Points

Be sure to remove your personal API keys when you post code ;)

Nice work with node-fetch!

Ran Wang
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Ran Wang
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,191 Points
Ran Wang
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Ran Wang
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 32,191 Points

I was wondering about this too, and I though fetch only works on browsers, untill I found this question.

Thanks Nicolas.