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JavaScript

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Posted by Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

jQuery and APIs: Call the jQuery $.getJSON method problem

Help! - I'm trying to do the following: You've specified the URL, a data object, and a callback function. Use jQuery's $.getJSON() method to make the AJAX call. It's not working and I'm taking it straight from the Workspace notes. Can anyone please help?

$(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);

  });


});

2 Answers

Nicholas Klunder
Nicholas Klunder
8,144 Points
Nicholas Klunder
Nicholas Klunder
8,144 Points

Looks like you have an extra closing bracket at the end. Remove the last }); and it should work.

Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points
Jason Larkin
Jason Larkin
13,970 Points

Thanks, I knew it was something simple!

Giovanni Dalla Rizza
Giovanni Dalla Rizza
10,633 Points
Giovanni Dalla Rizza
Giovanni Dalla Rizza
10,633 Points

Why in the getJSON() method you can declare the showWeather() function without the brackets? Is it a privilege of jQuery? In the same challange I had put the function inside a var, but it didn't work :(