API Requests JS

JavaScript requests Demystified.

Think Python requests but for JavaScript.

npm i api-request-js
npm i api-request-js

😧 There's a problem...

Getting data from an API is complex and hard in JavaScript. A quick google search will direct you to a difficult code block that either use fetch or axios.
This SCARES off beginners.

  • Which one do I use?
  • Like what is the await keyword?
  • When do I use it?
  • But wait what is async?
  • How does async even work?
  • How do I error handle? .catch?
  • I can't even download an image from this url!! Ahhrr!!!
  • What's a Promise? Whaaa?!!??

This totals over 30 lines of code (depending on your use case). Meanwhile in Python it's literally one line requests.get(url).

With api-request-js we dumb down api calls. Now you can get data with just one line.

🚀 Let's Get Started!

🌐 Import in Your Project

After installation, import the package!

const request = require("api-request-js")

🥇 Just One Line

After installation, import the package!

The .getRequest(url, path) gets the data from the API endpoint!

Parameters:
url is a required string parmeter
path is optional string parameter. path is the directory you want to download images to on your device. This is only used for endpoints that generate images.

let data = request.getRequest(url, path)

🖨️ Print out the Data

Log out the data!

The .log(data) outputs the data

request.log(data)

🔗 Test it out!

  • People in Space Now API

    http://api.open-notify.org/astros.json?callback=?

  • Coinbase Currencies API

    https://api.coinbase.com/v2/currencies

  • Coindesk Current Price API

    https://api.coindesk.com/v1/bpi/currentprice.json

  • Art Institute of Chicago API

    https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/129884

  • Check Domain API

    https://api.domainsdb.info/v1/domains/search?domain=facebook

  • English Dictionary API

    https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/api/v2/entries/en/hello

  • Spaceflight News API

    https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v3/info

  • Cat Image Generator API

    http://thecatapi.com/api/images/get?format=src&type=gif

  • Unsplash Image Generator API

    https://source.unsplash.com/random/

  • ZenQuotes API

    https://zenquotes.io/api/today

  • US University Finder API

    http://universities.hipolabs.com/search?country=United+States

  • Cat Fact API

    https://catfact.ninja/fact

  • UUID Generator API

    https://www.uuidtools.com/api/generate/v1

  • Newton Math Equation Solver API

    https://newton.now.sh/api/v2/factor/x^2-1

  • Toronto TTC API

    http://myttc.ca/finch_station.json

  • Football Matches API

    https://api.football-data.org/v4/matches

  • City Bike Networks API

    http://api.citybik.es/v2/networks

  • Breaking Bad Quotes API

    https://api.breakingbadquotes.xyz/v1/quotes

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