How to populate the select list with the values that I got with javascript?
I am sending a GET request to a .php site which gives me the respond in JSON format. Now I want to put those lines I got into the select list.
<select id = "list" name=log size=50 style=width:1028px>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function () {
var bytes=0;
var url = "/test/log.php?q='0'";
function httpGet(url)
{
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var realurl = url + bytes;
xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xhttp.onload = function (e) {
if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
if (xhttp.status === 200) {
console.log(xhttp.responseText);
var response=JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
var log = response.key;
bytes = log.length;
}
};
xhttp.onerror = function (e) {
console.error(xhttp.statusText);
}
};
xhttp.send();
}
var updateInterval = 2000;
function update() {
httpGet(url);
setTimeout(update, updateInterval);
}
update();
}
</script>
</select>
The response I get from log.php is "{"key":"whole log file"}". Now I want to store that reponse into a list and populate it every 2 seconds.
Loop over the contents of the returned string after JSON.parse-ing it. Create option elements from it, and insert those into the select.
var html = "";
var obj = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
for(var key in obj) {
html += "<option value=" + key + ">" +obj[key] + "</option>";
}
document.getElementById("list").innerHTML = html;
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As others before I used yql to get data from a website. The website is in xml format.
I am doing this to build a web data connector in Tableau to connect to xmldata and I got my code from here: https://github.com/tableau/webdataconnector/blob/v1.1.0/Examples/xmlConnector.html
As recommended on here: YQL: html table is no longer supported I tried htmlstring and added the reference to the community environment.
// try to use yql as a proxy
function _yqlProxyAjaxRequest2(url, successCallback){
var yqlQueryBase = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=";
var query = "select * from htmlstring where url='" + url + "'";
var restOfQueryString = "&format=xml" ;
var yqlUrl = yqlQueryBase + encodeURIComponent(query) + restOfQueryString + "&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys";
_ajaxRequestHelper(url, successCallback, yqlUrl, _giveUpOnUrl9);
}
function _giveUpOnUrl9(url, successCallback) {
tableau.abortWithError("Could not load url: " + url);
}
However, I still got the message: Html table no longer supported.
As I don't know much about yql, I tried to work with xmlHttpRequestinstead, but Tableau ended up processing the request for ages and nothing happened.
Here my attempt to find another solution and avoid the yql thingy:
function _retrieveXmlData(retrieveDataCallback) {
if (!window.cachedTableData) {
var conData = JSON.parse(tableau.connectionData);
var xmlString = conData.xmlString;
if (conData.xmlUrl) {
var successCallback = function(data) {
window.cachedTableData = _xmlToTable(data);
retrieveDataCallback(window.cachedTableData);
};
//INSTEAD OF THIS:
//_basicAjaxRequest1(conData.xmlUrl, successCallback);
//USE NOT YQL BUT XMLHTTPREQUEST:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
myFunction(this);
}
};
xhttp.open('GET', 'https://www.w3schools.com/xml/cd_catalog.xml', true);
xhttp.send();
return;
}
try {
var xmlDoc = $.parseXML(conData.xmlString);
window.cachedTableData = _xmlToTable(xmlDoc);
}
catch (e) {
tableau.abortWithError("unable to parse xml data");
return;
}
}
retrieveDataCallback(window.cachedTableData);
}
Does anyone have an idea how to get YQL work or comment on my approach trying to avoid it?
Thank you very much!
For reference, if there is any Tableau user that wants to test it on Tableau, here is my full code:
<html>
<head>
<title>XML Connector</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://connectors.tableau.com/libs/tableauwdc-1.1.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
var myConnector = tableau.makeConnector();
myConnector.init = function () {
tableau.connectionName = 'XML data';
tableau.initCallback();
};
myConnector.getColumnHeaders = function() {
_retrieveXmlData(function (tableData) {
var headers = tableData.headers;
var fieldNames = [];
var fieldTypes = [];
for (var fieldName in headers) {
if (headers.hasOwnProperty(fieldName)) {
fieldNames.push(fieldName);
fieldTypes.push(headers[fieldName]);
}
}
tableau.headersCallback(fieldNames, fieldTypes); // tell tableau about the fields and their types
});
}
myConnector.getTableData = function (lastRecordToken) {
_retrieveXmlData(function (tableData) {
var rowData = tableData.rowData;
tableau.dataCallback(rowData, rowData.length.toString(), false);
});
};
tableau.registerConnector(myConnector);
})();
function _retrieveXmlData(retrieveDataCallback) {
if (!window.cachedTableData) {
var conData = JSON.parse(tableau.connectionData);
var xmlString = conData.xmlString;
if (conData.xmlUrl) {
var successCallback = function(data) {
window.cachedTableData = _xmlToTable(data);
retrieveDataCallback(window.cachedTableData);
};
//_basicAjaxRequest1(conData.xmlUrl, successCallback);
//here try another approach not using yql but xmlHttpRequest?
//try xml dom to get url (xml http request)
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
myFunction(this);
}
};
xhttp.open('GET', 'https://www.w3schools.com/xml/cd_catalog.xml', true);
xhttp.send();
return;
}
try {
var xmlDoc = $.parseXML(conData.xmlString);
window.cachedTableData = _xmlToTable(xmlDoc);
}
catch (e) {
tableau.abortWithError("unable to parse xml data");
return;
}
}
retrieveDataCallback(window.cachedTableData);
}
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
window.cachedTableData = _xmlToTable(xmlDoc);
}
// There are a lot of ways to handle URLS. Sometimes we'll need workarounds for CORS. These
// methods chain together a series of attempts to get the data at the given url
function _ajaxRequestHelper(url, successCallback, conUrl, nextFunction,
specialSuccessCallback){
specialSuccessCallback = specialSuccessCallback || successCallback;
var xhr = $.ajax({
url: conUrl,
dataType: 'xml',
success: specialSuccessCallback,
error: function()
{
nextFunction(url, successCallback);
}
});
}
// try the straightforward request
function _basicAjaxRequest1(url, successCallback){
_ajaxRequestHelper(url, successCallback, url, _yqlProxyAjaxRequest2);
}
// try to use yql as a proxy
function _yqlProxyAjaxRequest2(url, successCallback){
var yqlQueryBase = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=";
var query = "select * from htmlstring where url='" + url + "'";
var restOfQueryString = "&format=xml" ;
var yqlUrl = yqlQueryBase + encodeURIComponent(query) + restOfQueryString + "&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys";
_ajaxRequestHelper(url, successCallback, yqlUrl, _giveUpOnUrl9);
}
function _giveUpOnUrl9(url, successCallback) {
tableau.abortWithError("Could not load url: " + url);
}
// Takes a hierarchical xml document and tries to turn it into a table
// Returns an object with headers and the row level data
function _xmlToTable(xmlDocument) {
var rowData = _flattenData(xmlDocument);
var headers = _extractHeaders(rowData);
return {"headers":headers, "rowData":rowData};
}
// Given an object:
// - finds the longest array in the xml
// - flattens each element in that array so it is a single element with many properties
// If there is no array that is a descendent of the original object, this wraps
function _flattenData(xmlDocument) {
// first find the longest array
var longestArray = _findLongestArray(xmlDocument, xmlDocument);
if (!longestArray || longestArray.length == 0) {
// if no array found, just wrap the entire object blob in an array
longestArray = [objectBlob];
}
toRet = [];
for (var ii = 0; ii < longestArray.childNodes.length; ++ii) {
toRet[ii] = _flattenObject(longestArray.childNodes[ii]);
}
return toRet;
}
// Given an element with hierarchical properties, flattens it so all the properties
// sit on the base element.
function _flattenObject(xmlElt) {
var toRet = {};
if (xmlElt.attributes) {
for (var attributeNum = 0; attributeNum < xmlElt.attributes.length; ++attributeNum) {
var attribute = xmlElt.attributes[attributeNum];
toRet[attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue;
}
}
var children = xmlElt.childNodes;
if (!children || !children.length) {
if (xmlElt.textContent) {
toRet.text = xmlElt.textContent.trim();
}
} else {
for (var childNum = 0; childNum < children.length; ++childNum) {
var child = xmlElt.childNodes[childNum];
var childName = child.nodeName;
var subObj = _flattenObject(child);
for (var k in subObj) {
if (subObj.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
toRet[childName + '_' + k] = subObj[k];
}
}
}
}
return toRet;
}
// Finds the longest array that is a descendent of the given object
function _findLongestArray(xmlElement, bestSoFar) {
var children = xmlElement.childNodes;
if (children && children.length) {
if (children.length > bestSoFar.childNodes.length) {
bestSoFar = xmlElement;
}
for (var childNum in children) {
var subBest = _findLongestArray(children[childNum], bestSoFar);
if (subBest.childNodes.length > bestSoFar.childNodes.length) {
bestSoFar = subBest;
}
}
}
return bestSoFar;
}
// Given an array of js objects, returns a map from data column name to data type
function _extractHeaders(rowData) {
var toRet = {};
for (var row = 0; row < rowData.length; ++row) {
var rowLine = rowData[row];
for (var key in rowLine) {
if (rowLine.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
if (!(key in toRet)) {
toRet[key] = _determineType(rowLine[key]);
}
}
}
}
return toRet;
}
// Given a primitive, tries to make a guess at the data type of the input
function _determineType(primitive) {
// possible types: 'float', 'date', 'datetime', 'bool', 'string', 'int'
if (parseInt(primitive) == primitive) return 'int';
if (parseFloat(primitive) == primitive) return 'float';
if (isFinite(new Date(primitive).getTime())) return 'datetime';
return 'string';
}
function _submitXMLToTableau(xmlString, xmlUrl) {
var conData = {"xmlString" : xmlString, "xmlUrl": xmlUrl};
tableau.connectionData = JSON.stringify(conData);
tableau.submit();
}
function _buildConnectionUrl(url) {
// var yqlQueryBase = "http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=";
// var query = "select * from html where url='" + url + "'";
// var restOfQueryString = "&format=xml";
// var yqlUrl = yqlQueryBase + encodeURIComponent(query) + restOfQueryString;
// return yqlUrl;
return url;
}
$(document).ready(function(){
var cancel = function (e) {
e.stopPropagation();
e.preventDefault();
}
$("#inputForm").submit(function(e) { // This event fires when a button is clicked
// Since we use a form for input, make sure to stop the default form behavior
cancel(e);
var xmlString = $('textarea[name=xmlText]')[0].value.trim();
var xmlUrl = $('input[name=xmlUrl]')[0].value.trim();
_submitXMLToTableau(xmlString, xmlUrl);
});
var ddHandler = $("#dragandrophandler");
ddHandler.on('dragenter', function (e)
{
cancel(e);
$(this).css('border', '2px solid #0B85A1');
}).on('dragover', cancel)
.on('drop', function (e)
{
$(this).css('border', '2px dashed #0B85A1');
e.preventDefault();
var files = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.files;
var file = files[0];
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(e) { _submitXMLToTableau(reader.result); };
reader.readAsText(file);
});
$(document).on('dragenter', cancel)
.on('drop', cancel)
.on('dragover', function (e)
{
cancel(e);
ddHandler.css('border', '2px dashed #0B85A1');
});
});
</script>
<style>
#dragandrophandler {
border:1px dashed #999;
width:300px;
color:#333;
text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;
padding:10px 10px 10 10px;
margin:10px;
font-size:150%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="inputForm" action="">
Enter a URL for XML data:
<input type="text" name="xmlUrl" size="50" />
<br>
<div id="dragandrophandler">Or Drag & Drop Files Here</div>
<br>
Or paste XML data below
<br>
<textarea name="xmlText" rows="10" cols="70"/></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
Hello you wonderful people, I am trying to build JavaScript file to extract information from Wikipedia based on search value in the input field and then display the results with the title like link so the user can click the link and read about it. So far I am getting the requested information in(JSON)format from Mediawiki(Wikipedia) but I can't get it to display on the page. I think I have an error code after the JavaScript array.
I'm new at JavaScript any help, or hint will be appreciated.
Sorry my script is messy but I am experimenting a lot with it.
Thanks.
var httpRequest = false ;
var wikiReport;
function getRequestObject() {
try {
httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (requestError) {
return false;
}
return httpRequest;
}
function getWiki(evt) {
if (evt.preventDefault) {
evt.preventDefault();
} else {
evt.returnValue = false;
}
var search = document.getElementsByTagName("input")[0].value;//("search").value;
if (!httpRequest) {
httpRequest = getRequestObject();
}
httpRequest.abort();
httpRequest.open("GET", "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&gsrlimit=3&generator=search&origin=*&gsrsearch=" + search , true);//("get", "StockCheck.php?t=" + entry, true);
//httpRequest.send();
httpRequest.send();
httpRequest.onreadystatechange = displayData;
}
function displayData() {
if(httpRequest.readyState === 4 && httpRequest.status === 200) {
wikiReport = JSON.parse(httpRequest.responseText);//for sunchronus request
//wikiReport = httpRequest.responseText;//for asynchronus request and response
//var wikiReport = httpRequest.responseXML;//processing XML data
var info = wikiReport.query;
var articleWiki = document.getElementsByTagName("article")[0];//creating the div array for displaying the results
var articleW = document.getElementById("results")[0];
for(var i = 0; i < info.length; i++)
{
var testDiv = document.createElement("results");
testDiv.append("<p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=" + query.pages[i].pageid + "' target='_blank'>" + query.info[i].title + "</a></p>");
testDiv.appendChild("<p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=" + query.info[i].pageid + "' target='_blank'>" + query.info[i].title + "</a></p>");
var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
var head = document.createDocumentFragment();
var newP1 = document.createElement("p");
var newP2 = document.createElement("p");
var newA = document.createElement("a");
head.appendChild(newP1);
newA.innerHTML = info[i].pages;
newA.setAttribute("href", info[i].pages);
newP1.appendChild(newA);
newP1.className = "head";
newP2.innerHTML = info[i].title;
newP2.className = "url";
newDiv.appendChild(head);
newDiv.appendChild(newP2);
articleWiki.appendChild(newDiv);
}
}
}
//
function createEventListener(){
var form = document.getElementsByTagName("form")[0];
if (form.addEventListener) {
form.addEventListener("submit", getWiki, false);
} else if (form.attachEvent) {
form.attachEvent("onsubmit", getWiki);
}
}
//createEventListener when the page load
if (window.addEventListener) {
window.addEventListener("load", createEventListener, false);
} else if (window.attachEvent) {
window.attachEvent("onload", createEventListener);
}
Mediawiki api link
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&gsrlimit=3&generator=search&origin=*&gsrsearch=
You are wrong some points.
1)
var articleW = document.getElementById("results")[0];
This is wrong. This will return a element is a reference to an Element object, or null if an element with the specified ID is not in the document. Doc is here (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/getElementById)
The correct answer should be :
var articleW = document.getElementById("results");
2)
var info = wikiReport.query;
for(var i = 0; i < info.length; i++) {}
The info is object . it is not array , you can't for-loop to get child value.
wikiReport.query is not correct wiki data. The correct data should be wikiReport.query.pages. And use for-in-loop to get child element
The correct answer:
var pages = wikiReport.query.pages
for(var key in pages) {
var el = pages[key];
}
3) This is incorrect too
testDiv.appendChild("<p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=" + query.info[i].pageid + "' target='_blank'>" + query.info[i].title + "</a></p>");
The Node.appendChild() method adds a node to the end of the list of children of a specified parent node. You are using the method to adds a string . This will cause error. Change it to node element or use append method instead
I have created a sample test.You can check it at this link below https://codepen.io/anon/pen/XRjOQQ?editors=1011
Since my main language is C, I am used to pointers and I love them. Now I have some project which I need to finish in Javascript and I've got a problem which I don't know how to solve.
I want to store the value of a variable which I got from GET request. I have a script to send GET to PHP page, which then sends GET to my daemon written in C. When I get the string I wanted, I use length to measure the size of the string I got and in next GET request I want to send that number of bytes I got as the URL parameter.
window.onload = function() {
if (bytes === undefined) {
var bytes = 0;
}
var url = "/test/log.php?q=" + bytes;
function httpGet(url) {
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xhttp.onload = function(e) {
if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
if (xhttp.status === 200) {
console.log(xhttp.responseText);
var option = "";
obj = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
for (var key in obj) {
option += obj[key];
}
document.getElementById("list").innerHTML = asdf;
bytes = option.length;
}
};
xhttp.onerror = function(e) {
console.error(xhttp.statusText);
}
};
xhttp.send();
}
var updateInterval = 2000;
function update() {
httpGet(url);
setTimeout(update, updateInterval);
}
update();
}
So, the focus is on the variable bytes. It should have the value 0 when the script is a first time called, and after every loop (it loops every 2 seconds, I didn't show the loop in the code) it should have the value of the previous length of received string.
You just need to make sure to add the bytes param onto your url in a way that changes with each call rather than just once at page load when it will always be 0.
window.onload = function() {
if (bytes === undefined) {
var bytes = 0;
}
var url = "/test/log.php?q=";
function httpGet(url) {
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xhttp.onload = function(e) {
if (xhttp.readyState === 4) {
if (xhttp.status === 200) {
console.log(xhttp.responseText);
var option = "";
obj = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
for (var key in obj) {
option += obj[key];
}
document.getElementById("list").innerHTML = asdf;
bytes = option.length;
}
};
xhttp.onerror = function(e) {
console.error(xhttp.statusText);
}
};
xhttp.send();
}
var updateInterval = 2000;
function update() {
httpGet(url + bytes);
setTimeout(update, updateInterval);
}
update();
}
Instead of a fixed value of url make it to a function and it will give you always the current Url with the modified version of bytes, if you modify it
You have only to change this parts
var url = ...
// to
function getUrl() {
return "/test/log.php?q=" + bytes;
}
...
// and
xhttp.open("GET", url, true);
// to
xhttp.open("GET", getUrl(), true);
I'd declare the variable in a context that doesn't empty its value when the function is called. So, you can declare your variable "bytes" before the function, and then looping through that function. In this case, the variable will hold the last value until you overwrite it.
That should work!
I'm generating a series of variables in a loop (using JS), and I'm assigning them an .id and a .name based on the current index. At each loop I'm sending a request to the server using jQuery.post()method, but the returning response is just an empty variable.
Here's the code:
JavaScript
for ( var index = 0; index < 5; index++ ) {
var myVar = document.createElement('p');
myVar.id = 'myVarID' + index;
myVar.name = 'myVarName' + index;
//Send request to server
$(document).ready(function(){
var data = {};
var i = 'ind';
var id = myVar.id;
var name = myVar.name;
data[id] = name;
data[i] = index;
$.post("script.php", data, function(data){
console.log("Server response:", data);
});
});
}
PHP
<?php
$index = $_POST['ind'];
$myVar = $_POST['myVarID'.$index];
echo $myVar;
?>
Response: Server response: ''
If I instead set a static index in JS code, getting rid of the loop, so for example:
var index = 0;
I get the expected result: Server response: myVarName0
Why is this happening? And how can I solve it?
Assuming the php file is in order. I use this:
function doThing(url) {
getRequest(
url,
doMe,
null
);
}
function doMe(responseText) {
var container = document.getElementById('hahaha');
container.innerHTML = responseText;
}
function getRequest(url, success, error) {
var req = false;
try{
// most browsers
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch (e){
// IE
try{
req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
// try an older version
try{
req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e){
return false;
}
}
}
if (!req) return false;
if (typeof success != 'function') success = function () {};
if (typeof error!= 'function') error = function () {};
req.onreadystatechange = function(){
if(req .readyState == 4){
return req.status === 200 ?
success(req.responseText) : error(req.status)
;
}
}
var thing = "script.php?" + url;
req.open("GET", thing, true);
req.send(null);
return req;
}
then use it like this:
doThing("myVarID="+myVar.id+"&i="+index);
also, you will have to change your PHP to something like this:
<?php
$index = $_GET['ind'];
$myVar = $_GET['myVarID'.$index];
echo $myVar;
?>
Obviously this code needs to be edited to suit your own needs
the function doMe is what to do when the webpage responds, in that example I changed the element with the id hahaha to the response text.
This won't win you any prizes but it'll get the job done.
Solution
It is working fine removing:
$(document).ready()
Working code
for ( var index = 0; index < 5; index++ ) {
var myVar = document.createElement('p');
myVar.id = 'myVarID' + index;
myVar.name = 'myVarName' + index;
//Send request to server
var data = {};
var i = 'ind';
var id = myVar.id;
var name = myVar.name;
data[id] = name;
data[i] = index;
$.post("script.php", data, function(data){
console.log("Server response:", data);
});
}
Please help i have been trying from 1 hours and not able to get whats wrong
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="id01">Result<br/></div>
<script>
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/book/2279690981";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var myArr = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
myFunction(myArr);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
function myFunction(arr) {
var out = "";
var i;
for(i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
out = arr[i].ID + arr[i].Title + arr[i].Description;
}
document.getElementById("id01").innerHTML = out;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
I am trying to fetch details from http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/book/2279690981 but it show only empty array being returned. What changes are required ?
Modification
I added [ ] on JSON object and it worked .. Please can someone explain me.
Thank in advance :)
The response does not contain an array, so the for loop is not needed and this should get you the result you are looking for:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="id01">Result<br/></div>
<script>
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/book/2279690981";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var myresponse = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
myFunction(myresponse);
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
function myFunction(response) {
var out = "";
var i;
out = "<p>" + response.ID + response.Title + response.Description + "<p>";
document.getElementById("id01").innerHTML = out;
}
</script>
</body>
If you use the full listing available from http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/search/php, then you need the for loop to go through the array like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="id01">Result<br/></div>
<script>
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/search/php";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var myresponse = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
myFunction(myresponse.Books);
}
}
function myFunction(Books) {
var out = "";
for (var i = 0; i < Books.length; i++) {
out += "<p>ID: " + Books[i].ID + "</p>" + "<p>Title: " + Books[i].Title + "</p>" + "<p>Description: " + Books[i].Description + "</p>"
}
document.getElementById("id01").innerHTML = out;
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
</script>
</body>
</html>
And to make it slightly more elegant, you could have a function that adds the book and if you get only one book you can call it directly from the onreadystatechange, and if you have the full listing, then you can loop it through, but still use the same function. So something like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="id01">Result<br/></div>
<script>
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/search/php";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var response = JSON.parse(xmlhttpo.responseText);
if (response.Books) { // If the response object has Books array, we pass it to the parseBooks functoin to add them all one by one.
parseBooks(response.Books)
} else {
addBook(response); // If there is no Books array, we assume that there is only one book and add it to the list with addBook function.
}
}
}
function addBook (Book) {
var text = document.getElementById("id01").innerHTML;
var body = "<p>ID: " + Book.ID + "</p><p>Title: " + Book.Title + "</p><p>Description: " + Book.Description + "</p>";
document.getElementById("id01").innerHTML = text + body; // Append the innerHTML with the new Book.
}
function parseBooks(Books) {
for (var i = 0; i < Books.length; i++) {
addBook(Books[i]) // Add all books in the array one by one
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url, true);
xmlhttp.send();
</script>
</body>
</html>
You JSON feed is just a simple object and not an Array of objects. Note the opening curly braces in the returned feed: {}
You should then change your myFunction function so it goes through an object and not an array just by removing the for loop:
function myFunction(obj) {
var out = "",
id01 = document.getElementById("id01");
out = obj.ID + obj.Title + obj.Description;
id01.innerHTML = id01.innerHTML + out;
}
Edit:
You can use the same function then inside a for loop when you have to parse an Array of Objects.
Taking as a feed the JSON returned from http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/search/php, you can retrieve the Books value and then loop through it:
var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/book/2279690981";
var url2 = "http://it-ebooks-api.info/v1/search/php";
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
var rslt = JSON.parse(xmlhttp.responseText);
console.log(rslt);
var books = rslt.Books;
for (var i = 0; i < books.length; i++)
{
myFunction(books[i]);
}
}
}
xmlhttp.open("GET", url2, true);
xmlhttp.send();