I am trying to use HTML 'input' to change apiData.id value. I'm new to javascript and not sure if this is correct. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
const apiData = {
url: 'https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/',
type: 'pokemon',
id: '76',
}
const input = document.getElementById('container');
const newId = apiData.id;
function eventController(event) {
newId = event.target.value;
}
input.addEventListener('change', eventController, false);<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pokemon</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input id="input">
<input type="submit" value="Catch">
</div>
<div class="pokemon"></div>
<script src="main.js"></script>
</body>
</html>newId is const, so you cannot assign it with a new value after it has been declared.
But even if you could (and you can, by making it a variable), that would not affect apiData.id, as newId is assigned with the value of apiData.id, but they are not bound together.
You should just assign apiData.id directly with a new value:
const apiData = {
url: 'https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/',
type: 'pokemon',
id: '76',
}
const input = document.getElementById('container');
// const newId = apiData.id;
function eventController(event) {
apiData.id = event.target.value;
}
input.addEventListener('change', eventController, false);<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Pokemon</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<input id="input">
<input type="submit" value="Catch">
</div>
<div class="pokemon"></div>
<script src="main.js"></script>
</body>
</html>