RESTful API using the HTML GET method

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I am very new to code but am trying to get through the basics as quickly as I can. I have been landed with a project that I have very little idea how to implement. I have several websites which I have done, but I need to implement a page that can access a RESTful API using the HTML GET method and JSON to retrieve data based on visitors selections which are automatically submitted to the REST using my API code. I have never done this before, I have a very limited knowledge on JavaScript and have a passion to learn but unfortunately I have a time restraint to finish this.

I was advised by a friend that you folks are very accomodating to assist beginners like myself. From what I can see in the documentation I was supplied with the API code that the requests are made to a uri with certain perimeters that specify what you want to retreave from the REST.

If there anyone that has some code that I could adapt by placing my API code in the .cfg file and then modifying the relavent perimeter areas to GET data?

Assistance would be greatly appreciated

Vincent

Posted 8-May-15 2:13am

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Mario Z · Answer 1 · 2015-05-09T07:06:00

Hi, basically what you want is a JavaScript code that would send a request to some web API and receive a JSON response.
First I'm not sure if your sites already use some JavaScript library, for example jQuery, in case they do then note that there are quite a lot of samples showing how to do accomplish this [^].

Now in case you are looking for a plain JavaScript solution (without any additional libraries) then you would need something like this.