mrowlsss @mrowlsss

can someone PLEASE give me some vanilla javascript code that will make a get request to https://api.wasteof.money/posts/64fa845c62c9b104f65962d4/ and display it as an <p> element on screen?

Sep 8, 2023, 3:17 AM
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lily @lily Sep 8, 2023, 2:23 PM 
fetch("https://api.wasteof.money/posts/64fa845c62c9b104f65962d4/").then(r => r.json()).then(j => document.querySelector("#the_element").innerHTML = j.content).catch(e => document.querySelector("#the_element").innerHTML = `<p>error: ${e}</p>`)
mrowlsss @mrowlsss Sep 8, 2023, 2:28 PM

thanks
mrowlsss @mrowlsss Sep 8, 2023, 2:40 PM

hey im dumb how do i make #the_element? do i add “class=’#the_element’”?
lily @lily Sep 8, 2023, 7:04 PM

no, # is for id (i.e., id="the_element). classes begin with . as opposed to #
mrowlsss @mrowlsss Sep 8, 2023, 10:07 PM

oh ok i kinda forget some things after 3 months of not programming
mrowlsss @mrowlsss Sep 9, 2023, 5:14 PM

TypeError: Failed to fetch
lily @lily Sep 10, 2023, 10:15 AM

can you change the catch part to

.catch(e => {
  console.dir(e);
  document.querySelector("#the_element").innerHTML = `<p>error: ${e}</p>`;
});

and then tell me what’s in the console?
mrowlsss @mrowlsss Sep 11, 2023, 7:27 PM

ok i will