JavaScript Fetch API Basics and Usage

Day 10/100 of JavaScript 🚀 Today’s topic : Fetch API "fetch" is used to make HTTP requests in JavaScript and is a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest Basic usage : fetch("https://lnkd.in/gCA7VyNQ") .then(res => res.json()) .then(data => console.log(data)) .catch(err => console.error(err)); Using async/await : async function getData() { try { const res = await fetch("https://lnkd.in/gCA7VyNQ"); const data = await res.json(); console.log(data); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } } What it does : - Returns a Promise - Cleaner than XMLHttpRequest - Works well with async/await #Day10 #JavaScript #100DaysOfCode

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