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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs Displaying the Photos

Posted by Reuben Rail
Reuben Rail
3,338 Points

Photos don't display when I click the buttons. Is there anything wrong with my code?

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('button').click(function(){
    $("button").removeClass("selected");
    $(this).addClass("selected");
    var flickrAPI = "http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?jsoncallback=?";
    var animal = $(this).text();
    var flickrOptions = {
      tags: animal,
      format: "json"
    };
    function displayPhotos(data){
      var photoHTML = '<ul>';
      $.each(data.items, function(i, photo){
        photoHTML += '<li class="grid-25 tablet-grid-50">';
        photoHTML += '<a href="' + photo.link + '" class="image">';
        photoHTML += '<img src="' + photo.media.m + '"></a></li>';
      });
      photoHTML += '</ul>';
      $('#photos').html(photoHTML);
    }
    $.getJSON(flickrAPI, flickrOptions, displayPhotos);
  });
});// end ready
Corin Faife
Corin Faife
9,564 Points
Corin Faife
Corin Faife
9,564 Points

hi Reuben - the formatting of your answer makes it a bit difficult to read your code, if you click on the 'Markdown Cheatsheet' link you'll see how you can format it as code rather than plain text.

2 Answers

Brian Hankins
Brian Hankins
5,735 Points

Everything is correct with your code. There is a problem with the Flickr API and it's not sending images back.

Maria Victoria Reyes
Maria Victoria Reyes
17,731 Points
Maria Victoria Reyes
Maria Victoria Reyes
17,731 Points

I had a similar problem when I was doing this. Went to flicker docs and found the problem. The lesson used the variable flickerAPI url address in http: The flicker site however uses https:

Made the changes and used the url having the (https://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?jsoncallback=?) and all is well again.

You can check the documentation here. (https://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/docs/photos_public/)