How is an HTTP POST request made in js?

Asked Sep 17 '20 at 14:33

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I am very new to this, I keep having error "Uncaught SyntaxError: await is only valid in async function"

    button.addEventListener('click', async => {
    try {
    const response = await fetch(
    ' https://student-challenge-api.herokuapp.com/students',
      {
     method: 'post',
               json: true,
            body: {
              name: '',
              last_name: ' '
            
             },
          }
        );
        
        console.log('Completed!', response);
      } catch (err) {
        console.error(`Error: ${err}`);
      }
    }); ```

asked Sep 17 '20 at 14:33

natasha

5

`async =>` should be `async () =>` – Ivar Sep 17 '20 at 14:34
Change `async => {` to `async () => {` – Yousaf Sep 17 '20 at 14:35
now I am getting this error, "" Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'addEventListener' of null"" – natasha Sep 18 '20 at 09:01
@Ivar, please advise – natasha Sep 18 '20 at 23:36
@natasha It means that `button` is `null` and so it probably couldn't be found. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14028959/why-does-jquery-or-a-dom-method-such-as-getelementbyid-not-find-the-element – Ivar Sep 19 '20 at 09:25

How is an HTTP POST request made in js?

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