Generate Chuck Norris jokes asynchronously from external API of Internet Chuck Norris Database.
https://api.icndb.com/jokes/random/
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/skeleton/2.0.4/skeleton.css" />
<link rel="icon" href="#">
<title>Chuck Norris API</title>
<style>
.imgBx img{
border-radius: 50%;
display: block;
margin: auto;
max-width: 200px;
}
button{
display: block;
margin: 30px auto;
}
.text-center{
text-align: center;
margin-top: 20px;
}
form input{
display: block;
margin: auto;
}
form label{
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="imgBx">
<img src="norris.jpg" alt="Chuck Norris">
</div>
<div class="txtBx">
<h1 class="text-center">Chuck Norris API</h1>
</div>
<form>
<div>
<label for="number">Number of jokes</label>
<input type="number" id="number">
</div>
</form>
<button id="button">Get Jokes</button>
<ul class="jokes"></ul>
</div>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
document.getElementById('button').addEventListener('click', getJokes);
function getJokes(e) {
const number = document.querySelector('input[type="number"]').value;
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', `http://api.icndb.com/jokes/random/${number}`, true);
xhr.onload = function(){
if(this.status === 200){
const response = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
let output = '';
if(response.type === 'success'){
response.value.forEach(function(joke){
output += `
<li>${joke.joke}</li>
`;
});
} else{
output += '<li>Something went wrong</li>';
}
document.querySelector('ul.jokes').innerHTML = output;
}
}
xhr.send();
e.preventDefault();
}
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