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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Create a callback function

Francis N
Francis N
10,376 Points
Posted by Francis N
Francis N
10,376 Points

I dont get what this line does " $('#temperature').text(weatherReport.main.temp);"

In one of the API challenge, it asks us to insert the temperature. Can someone elaborate on the meaning of this line?

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);
});
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

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

This line of code targets the span element with id of temperature, $("#temperature"), and fills the element with text of the current temperature, .text(weatherReport.main.temp).