jeandremelaria
2/24/2018 - 2:14 PM

Ajax - Using API (github api as example)

Using AJAX to get data from API's

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
  <title>Ajax 3 - External API</title>
  <style>
    .user{
      display: flex;
      background:#f4f4f4;
      padding:10px;
      margin-bottom:10px;
    }

    .user ul{
      list-style: none;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <button id="button">Load GitHub Users</button>
  <br><br>
  <h1>Github Users</h1>
  <div id="users"></div>

  <script>
    document.getElementById('button').addEventListener('click', loadUsers);

    // Load Github Users
    function loadUsers(){
      var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
      xhr.open('GET', 'https://api.github.com/users', true);

      xhr.onload = function(){
        if(this.status == 200){
          var users = JSON.parse(this.responseText);

          var output = '';
          for(var i in users){
            output +=
              '<div class="user">' +
              '<img src="'+users[i].avatar_url+'" width="70" height="70">' +
              '<ul>' +
              '<li>ID: '+users[i].id+'</li>' +
              '<li>Login: '+users[i].login+'</li>' +
              '</ul>' +
              '</div>';
          }

          document.getElementById('users').innerHTML = output;
        }
      }

      xhr.send();
    }
  </script>
</body>
</html>