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

Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points
Posted by Seth Warner
Seth Warner
5,348 Points

I've been staring at what could be wrong with my code for quite awhile now, any ideas?

Am I missing a ; or camel case or something?

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(".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>

2 Answers

Erik S.
Erik S.
9,789 Points
Erik S.
Erik S.
9,789 Points

Hi Seth, at the moment you are inserting a string with your text function but not the variables (please remove ""). Second: In order to access the temperature you have to access the container first (weatherReport). Please see below:

$(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);
  }
});
Julie Myers
Julie Myers
7,627 Points
Julie Myers
Julie Myers
7,627 Points

I was just looking at the jquery.com api documentation. It looks like you are using .text() incorrectly. Here is the link for more info: http://api.jquery.com/text/