How to FETCH data from an API using JavaScript ↩️

#javascript #utorial #course 00:00:00 fetch 00:06:29 async/await 00:08:55 project // fetch = Function used for making HTTP requests to fetch resources. // (JSON style data, images, files) // Simplifies asynchronous data fetching in JavaScript and // used for interacting with APIs to retrieve and send // data asynchronously over the web. // fetch(url, {options}) async function fetchData(){ try{ const pokemonName = document.getElementById("pokemonName").value.toLowerCase(); const response = await fetch(`https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/pokemon/${pokemonName}`); if(!response.ok){ throw new Error("Could not fetch resource"); } const data = await response.json(); const pokemonSprite = data.sprites.front_default; const imgElement = document.getElementById("pokemonSprite"); imgElement.src = pokemonSprite; imgElement.style.display = "block"; } catch(error){ console.error(error); } }