During a [ajax/json tutorial], I only had one error. I followed the tutorial through and through, but where outputting the object value for "name", I kept getting an 'undefined' for my output. The only way I could get it to output "Rick" was by using console.log(user[0].name) instead of what the tutorial had, "console.log(user.name)". The var user was JSON.parse as instructed.
JSON FILE (user.json):
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Rick",
"email": "rick@mail.com"
}
]
HTML File (ajax2.html):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Ajax 2 - Local JSON</title>
<style>
*, html { background: #333; color: #eee; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<button id="button1">Get User</button>
<button id="button2">Get Users</button>
<br /><br />
<h1><div id="user"></div></h1>
<br />
<h2><div id="users"></div></h2>
<script>
function loadUser() {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'user.json', true);
xhr.onload = function() {
if(this.status == 200) {
var user = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
console.log(user.name); // Output name "Rick"
}
}
xhr.send();
}
document.getElementById('button1').addEventListener('click', loadUser);
</script>
</body>
</html>
I keep getting an Undefined. But coding:
if(this.status == 200) {
console.log(this.responseText); // Output the object key/values
}
Would output the object properly.
Any ideas as to why I would be getting an undefined? I'm using XAMPP and my Chrome browser is up-to-date as well.
Let me know if I need to add any information. I've searched for possible answers, but it just led me into a rabbit hole.
you should remove brackets from user.json file.
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Rick",
"email": "rick@mail.com"
}