How to use an API to get data for your web app

Опубликовано: 10 Март 2026
на канале: Brian Haferkamp
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Learn how to access data through an #API to get data for your website or application. Using the #Unsplash API, I will show you how to connect and gather the #data to output on your site. You'll learn how to:

Use the .getJSON() method in jQuery
Set up an API key with Unsplash
Connect to a JSON file on a remote server using AJAX
View and extract data from a JSON object
Output the data to the browser

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RESOURCES

Code on Codepen
https://codepen.io/brianhaferkamp/pen...

Unsplash Developers API
https://unsplash.com/developers

jQuery .getJSON() documentation
http://api.jquery.com/jquery.getjson/

Unsplash Website
https://unsplash.com

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