how to return a variable from a fetch javascript code example
Example 1: get data from fetch api into variable
<script>
function getFromAPI(url, callback){
var obj;
fetch(url)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(data => obj = data)
.then(() => callback(obj))
}
getFromAPI('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', getData);
function getData(arrOfObjs){
var results = "";
arrOfObjs.forEach( (x) => {
results += "<p> Id: " + x.id + "<ul>"
Object.keys(x).forEach( (p) => {
results += "<li>" + (p + ": " + x[p]) + "</li>";
});
results += "</ul> </p> <hr>"
})
results += "";
document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML = results;
}
</script>
Example 2: return value from fetch javascript
function getvals(){
return fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
{
method: "GET",
headers: {
'Accept': 'application/json',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
},
})
.then((response) => response.json())
.then((responseData) => {
console.log(responseData);
return responseData;
})
.catch(error => console.warn(error));
}
getvals().then(response => console.log(response));