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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Set up the data to pass to the API

Posted by ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Stage 4 Q3

$(document).ready(function() { var weatherAPI = 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather';

var data = { q: "Portland,OR", unit: "metric" format: "json" }; function showWeather (weatherReport){ $("#temperature").text("what is temperature in Portland?"); }; });

I am not sure about temp arg. Stuck on 3-3

weather.js 
$(document).ready(function() {
  var weatherAPI = 'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather';

  var data = {
      q:    "Portland,OR",
      unit: "metric"
            format: "json"
  };
   function showWeather (weatherReport){
     $("#temperature").text("what is temperature in Portland?");
   };
});
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

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Ellie,

The issue with your code is here

var data = {
      q:    "Portland,OR",
      unit: "metric"
            format: "json"
  };

First you dont need the format for this exercise so you can delete it.

Then you need a new property called 'units', you called it 'unit'.

So the code should look like this:

var data = {
      q:    "Portland,OR",
      units: "metric"
  };
Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points
Jose Soto
Jose Soto
23,407 Points

The property name should be units with an 's', not 'unit'.