wikipedia search code example

Example 1: wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia, created and 
edited by volunteers around the world and 
hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation

Example 2: wikipedia

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.",
Not even wikipedia is gonna change that

Example 3: Search wikipedia

// JavaScript Document
let resultsList = document.getElementById('resultsList');
let searchForm = document.getElementById('searchForm');
let searchInput = document.getElementById('searchInput');


searchForm.addEventListener('submit', (e)=> {
	e.preventDefault();
	displaySearchResults(searchInput.value);
})


function displaySearchResults(x){
	
	let url = `https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&prop=info&inprop=url&utf8=&format=json&origin=*&srlimit=20&srsearch=${x}`;
	console.log(url);
	
	fetch(url)
		.then(function(response) {
    		return (response.json());
  		})
  		.then(function(data){
  			let resultsArray = data.query.search;
  			resultsOnPage(resultsArray);
  		})
  		.catch(function () {
   			console.log('An error occured');
		});
}


function resultsOnPage(myArray){

	resultsList.innerHTML = " ";
	resultsList.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', `<h2>Search Results for ${searchInput.value} </h2>`);


	myArray.forEach(function(item){
		let itemTitle = item.title;
		let itemSnippet = item.snippet;
		let itemUrl = encodeURI(`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/${item.title}`);
		
		resultsList.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend',
      	`<div class="resultItem">
         <h3 class="resultTitle">
          <a href="${itemUrl}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">${itemTitle}</a>
         </h3>
         <p class="resultSnippet"><a href="${itemUrl}"  target="_blank" rel="noopener">
         ${itemSnippet}</a></p>
        </div>`
    	);

	})

}