xilikas
5/19/2018 - 9:25 PM

Ajax Function Example

Ajax Function for getting weather from FCC Weather API (https://fcc-weather-api.glitch.me) using longitude and latitude passed in as arguments.

getWeather.js
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function getWeather(latitude, longitude) {
  $.ajax({
            type: 'GET',
            url: 'https://fcc-weather-api.glitch.me/api/current?lat=' 
    + latitude + '&lon=' + longitude,
            async: false,
            contentType: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
            cache: false,
            dataType: 'json',
            success: function(data)
            {
              place = data.name + ", " + data.sys.country;
              tempCel = data.main.temp;
              condition = data.weather.main;
              $("#location").html(place);
              $("#weatherDegrees").html(tempCel + "C°");
            },
            error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) { 
              console.log("Ajax fail");
              
            }   
  });
}