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

Daniel Stoica
Daniel Stoica
2,430 Points
Posted by Daniel Stoica
Daniel Stoica
2,430 Points

Request to weatherAPI does not work.

For some reason, it seems that the getJSON method is not working correctly. I am unable to find the reason or this. Help would be highly appreciated!

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

Daniel Stoica
Daniel Stoica
2,430 Points
Daniel Stoica
Daniel Stoica
2,430 Points

No, but I don't think that is needed, as this is just a quiz, not a challenge. Anyway, I found the problem.

I did this: $.getJSON(weatherAPI, data, showWeather());

Should have done this: $.getJSON(weatherAPI, data, showWeather);