fornite app notes

index.html

<!-- 
  use getUserStats as the form's submit handler
  so that users can press "enter" in the text input
-->
<form onsubmit="getUserStats">
  <input type="text" name="username">
  <button type="submit">
</form>

index.js

// define the common parts of the API url as a variable so we don't need to rewrite it every time
const baseUrl = 'https://fortnite-public-api.theapinetwork.com/prod09';

function getUserStats(event) {
  // to prevent the regular form submit behavior
  event.preventDefault();
  
  // grab the value of the form field named "username"
  const username = event.target.username.value;
  
  // start fetching!
  fetch(`${baseUrl}/users/id?username=${username}`)
    .then(resp => resp.json())
    .then(data => fetch(`${baseUrl}/users/public/br_stats_v2?user_id=${data.uid}`))
    .then(resp => resp.json())
    .then(stats => {
      console.log(stats);
    })
    .catch(error => {
      console.log('request failed', error);
    });
  }