Fetch API with async/await

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Fetch API with async/await

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script.js

const getGithubUser = async user => {
  const url = `https://api.github.com/users/${user}`;
  
  try {
    const response = await fetch(url);
    return await response.json();
  } catch(exception) {
    throw `Something went wrong when fetching from ${url}: \n\n ${exception}`;
  }
  
}

getGithubUser('newmedia2')
  .then(user => console.log(user))
  .catch(err => console.log(err));