how to turn html json file into a useable output that can be displayed

Question

I want to use https://someapi.xyz/json/quote to display a quote when a user uses a command but I'm not really even sure where to start with implementing the html json and using it in a command. Messed around with snekfetch a bit but I don't think I had the setup correct so it didn't work. Here's what I tried:

const api = "https://someapi.xyz/json/quote";
const snekfetch = require('snekfetch');

module.exports = {
    name: "quote",
    description: "sends inspirational quote",
    async execute(message, args, Discord) {
snekfetch.get(api).then(console.log);
    }
}

Can you show your code so far? How do you store that response — Elitezen, Aug 15 '21 at 22:41
@Elitezen I was trying to just console log the message with [this](https://sourceb.in/nA0G5gBFvJ) but I get no response — FinallyComplete, Aug 15 '21 at 22:48

Elitezen · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-16T01:14:07.323

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Your response is JSON data, access the body then use it as any other JavaScript Object.

const api = "https://someapi.xyz/json/quote";
const snekfetch = require('snekfetch');

module.exports = {
    name: "quote",
    description: "sends inspirational quote",
    async execute(message, args, Discord) {
        snekfetch.get(api)
            .then(res => {
                const data = res.body;
                message.channel.send(`Quote from ${data.author}: ${data.quote}`);
            });
    }
}

edited Aug 16 '21 at 01:14

answered Aug 15 '21 at 23:14

Elitezen

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Got a syntax error saying: `SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1` so I tried to stringify `res` which sends the message but the author and quote are undefined. – FinallyComplete Aug 15 '21 at 23:38
What do you get when you log `res` – Elitezen Aug 15 '21 at 23:47
Try accessing the `body` property of the result, I've updated my answer – Elitezen Aug 16 '21 at 00:47
Refer to [This Question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14168433/node-js-error-connect-econnrefused) for more information – Elitezen Aug 16 '21 at 13:22

how to turn html json file into a useable output that can be displayed

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