function search() {
var queryURL = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/heiswayi/7fde241975ed8a80535a/raw/ff1caaeaf62bd6740ab7cafcd61f1215de173379/datatables-data.json";
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', queryURL, true);
// called when the response is arrived
xhr.onload = function(e) {
var jsonResponse = xhr.response;
// turn the response into a JavaScript object
var users = JSON.parse(jsonResponse);
console.log(users)
displayUsersAsATable(users);
}
// in case of error
xhr.onerror = function(err) {
console.log("Error: " + err);
}
// sends the request
xhr.send();
}
function displayUsersAsATable(users) {
// users is a JavaScript object
// empty the div that contains the results
var usersDiv = document.getElementById("users");
usersDiv.innerHTML = "";
// creates and populate the table with users
var table = document.createElement("table");
//Creating a Header//
var header = table.insertRow();
var nameH = header.insertCell();
nameH.innerHTML = "Name";
var Position = header.insertCell();
Position.innerHTML = "Position";
var city = header.insertCell();
city.innerHTML = "City";
var aage = header.insertCell();
aage.innerHTML = "Age"
var Datein = header.insertCell();
Datein.innerHTML = "Date in";
var MSalary = header.insertCell();
MSalary.innerHTML = "Year Salary";
// iterate on the array of users
users.data.forEach(function(currentUser) {
// creates a row
var row = table.insertRow();
// insert cells in the row
var nameCell = row.insertCell();
nameCell.innerHTML = currentUser[0];
var Jobcell = row.insertCell();
Jobcell.innerHTML = currentUser[1]
var cityCell = row.insertCell();
cityCell.innerHTML = currentUser[2];
var Age = row.insertCell();
Age.innerHTML = currentUser[3];
var In = row.insertCell();
In.innerHTML = currentUser[4];
var Salary = row.insertCell();
Salary.innerHTML = currentUser[5];
});
// adds the table to the div
usersDiv.appendChild(table);
}
JS.JSON.FetchingData.PopulateTable.ex5
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Doing the assignment</title>
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
</head>
<body>
<p>Optional Project</p>
<button onclick="search();">Create a table from remote data</button>
<div id="users"></div>
</body>
</html>