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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Displaying the Photos

Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points
Posted by Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points

Photos will not display from Flickr API

Fairly certain my code is correct. My photos won't display from Flickr API. The console says "ERR. Failed to load resource" What am I doing wrong? Thanks. 

$(document).ready(function () {
  $('button').click(function () {
    $("button").removeClass("selected"); 
    $(this).addClass("selected");     
    var flickerAPI = "http://api.flicker.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?jsoncallback=?";
    var animal = $(this).text();
    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>';

      });
      photoHTML += '</ul>';
      $('#photos').html(photoHTML);
    }
    $.getJSON(flickerAPI, flickrOptions, displayPhotos);
      });                   
}); //end ready

2 Answers

Raul Merino
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Raul Merino
iOS Development Techdegree Student 9,235 Points

The URL is wrong. It's flickr.com, not flicker.com .

Andrei Fecioru
Andrei Fecioru
15,059 Points
Andrei Fecioru
Andrei Fecioru
15,059 Points

Are there any error messages in the browser's console?

You can also chain a fail() method to the $.getJSON() to see what's going on:

$.getJSON(flickerAPI, flickrOptions, displayPhotos).fail(function(jqXHR){
  console.log("Server status code: " + jqXHR.status);
  console.log("Server status text: " + jqXHR.statusText);
});

This will print at the browser console the error status code and error status message coming from the server (if any).