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JavaScript

Martin Coutts
Martin Coutts
18,154 Points
Posted by Martin Coutts
Martin Coutts
18,154 Points

Issue displaying AJAX errors to users

I am working on a project to better understand API calls using AJAX. I am trying to display custom messages to the user based on the error if there is no information returned from the API however if I get an error and display it but then pick a competition where there shouldn't be an error then it still won't display the information.

What is the best way to deal with AJAX errors as I know there a few options available.

Here is a link to the repo, I am fully aware the code is a mess, goal is to get it working and then refactor it but it is very hacky at the moment.

https://github.com/martincavaliers/scoreboard

Thank you for your help.