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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Stage 4 Challenge Answer

Posted by Jose Reyna
Jose Reyna
13,532 Points

no photos and code does not work

Why do none of the photos show and my code does not work? Can someone tell me where I am going wrong?

$(document).ready(function() {
 $('form').submit(function (evt) {
    evt.preventDefault();
   var searchTerms = $('#search').val();
   var subButton = $('#submit').val ().val("searching...");

   $searchTerms.prop("disabled", true);
   $subButton.attr("disabled", true);
    // the AJAX part
    var flickerAPI = "http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?jsoncallback=?";
    var animal = searchTerms.val();
    var flickrOptions = {
      tags: animal,
      format: "json"
    };
    function displayPhotos(data) {
      var photoHTML = '<ul>';
      $.each(data.items,function(i,photo) {
        photoHTML += '<li class="grid-25 tablet-grid-50">';
        photoHTML += '<a href="' + photo.link + '" class="image">';
        photoHTML += '<img src="' + photo.media.m + '"></a></li>';
      }); // end each
      photoHTML += '</ul>';
      $('#photos').html(photoHTML);
      $searchTerms.prop("disabled", false);
      $subButton.prop("disabled", false).val("Search");
    }
    $.getJSON(flickerAPI, flickrOptions, displayPhotos);

  }); // end click

}); // end ready
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

To put code into a forum post use triple back ticks -- ``` — around the code. I fixed your code here, but in the future here's a forum discussion that describes how to add HTML, CSS, JavaScript or other code to the forum: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

1 Answer

Brandon Dyal
Brandon Dyal
16,544 Points
Brandon Dyal
Brandon Dyal
16,544 Points

You declared the variables searchTerms and subButton but put a $ in front of them when you called them. That is probably causing the issue.

Jose Reyna
Jose Reyna
13,532 Points

I love bugs. Thanks Brandon I appreciate it !