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Matt Roberts
5,173 PointsTrying to take the dog api challenge and switch to a public cat api for practice but got stuck. Any one can help?
The cat api isn't different for sure but on a basic level I just want to return a random cat picture and display
Here's my public git that I'm working off repo - https://github.com/mattdotroberts/treeh_catapp1/blob/gh-pages/js/app.js web page - https://mattdotroberts.github.io/treeh_catapp1/
You'll see all the dog displays are there for now and the public api is https://aws.random.cat/meow
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Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe API's are bit different. In particular, the dog service returns an object with the image URL in the key "message" along with a "status" key and value.
But the cat service returns an object with the image URL in the key "file" instead, and it has no "status" key.
Matt Roberts
5,173 PointsCool. I'm struggling with working backwards to see where these differences are in the dog code. What would be the first thing you would do ?
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsSo you just need to change "message" to "file" where "randomImage" is being assigned on line 22.
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