Hands-On Project: Simple Integration Task

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Welcome to Day 5! Today, we’re going to get hands-on with a simple integration task using a GET request to fetch data from an API. This project will help you understand the basics of integrating APIs into your web applications.

Project Description

For this project, we’ll integrate a weather API into a web application. This will involve making a GET request to fetch weather data based on a city name input by the user. I chose this project because it’s a common use case that highlights essential skills like handling API requests and displaying dynamic data.

Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Setting Up the Development Environment:

• Use Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as our IDE.
• Ensure you have basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

2. Obtaining API Keys:

• Sign up on a weather API service like OpenWeatherMap.
• Obtain your API key from the API provider.

3. Writing the Code:

• HTML: Create a simple form to input the city name.
• CSS: Add basic styling to make the application look clean.
• JavaScript: Write the script to fetch data from the API and display…