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How can I use JavaScript to call a REST web service API?

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Problem

I’ve created an HTML page with a button. I need to call a REST Web Service API when I click that button. I looked for it all over the internet. There’s no way to know. Is there anyone who can give me a lead/headstart on this? Thank you very much.

Asked by Shaik Syed Ali

Solution #1

I’m amazed no one has addressed the new Fetch API, which is currently supported by all browsers except IE11. It simplifies the XMLHttpRequest syntax seen in so many other examples.

There’s a lot more in the API, but start with the fetch() method. There are two arguments:

Simple GET:

const userAction = async () => {
  const response = await fetch('http://example.com/movies.json');
  const myJson = await response.json(); //extract JSON from the http response
  // do something with myJson
}

Using the same format as the last top answer, a POST:

const userAction = async () => {
  const response = await fetch('http://example.com/movies.json', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: myBody, // string or object
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    }
  });
  const myJson = await response.json(); //extract JSON from the http response
  // do something with myJson
}

Answered by Brendan McGill

Solution #2

Your Javascript:

function UserAction() {
    var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
         if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
             alert(this.responseText);
         }
    };
    xhttp.open("POST", "Your Rest URL Here", true);
    xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
    xhttp.send("Your JSON Data Here");
}

Your Button action::

<button type="submit" onclick="UserAction()">Search</button>

Visit the following link (updated 2017/01/11) for further information.

Answered by Abhishek

Solution #3

Here’s another Javascript REST API call with json-based authentication:

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

function send()
{
    var urlvariable;

    urlvariable = "text";

    var ItemJSON;

    ItemJSON = '[  {    "Id": 1,    "ProductID": "1",    "Quantity": 1,  },  {    "Id": 1,    "ProductID": "2",    "Quantity": 2,  }]';

    URL = "https://testrestapi.com/additems?var=" + urlvariable;  //Your URL

    var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = callbackFunction(xmlhttp);
    xmlhttp.open("POST", URL, false);
    xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Authorization', 'Basic ' + window.btoa('apiusername:apiuserpassword')); //in prod, you should encrypt user name and password and provide encrypted keys here instead 
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = callbackFunction(xmlhttp);
    xmlhttp.send(ItemJSON);
    alert(xmlhttp.responseText);
    document.getElementById("div").innerHTML = xmlhttp.statusText + ":" + xmlhttp.status + "<BR><textarea rows='100' cols='100'>" + xmlhttp.responseText + "</textarea>";
}

function callbackFunction(xmlhttp) 
{
    //alert(xmlhttp.responseXML);
}
</script>


<html>
<body id='bod'><button type="submit" onclick="javascript:send()">call</button>
<div id='div'>

</div></body>
</html>

Answered by user1713008

Solution #4

    $("button").on("click",function(){
      //console.log("hii");
      $.ajax({
        headers:{  
           "key":"your key",
     "Accept":"application/json",//depends on your api
      "Content-type":"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"//depends on your api
        },   url:"url you need",
        success:function(response){
          var r=JSON.parse(response);
          $("#main").html(r.base);
        }
      });
});

Answered by aayushi

Solution #5

I believe it is better to add if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) to wait:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       // Typical action to be performed when the document is ready:
        var response = xhttp.responseText;
        console.log("ok"+response);
    }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "your url", true);

xhttp.send();

Answered by martinwang1985

Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36975619/how-to-call-a-rest-web-service-api-from-javascript