Get variable to use inside JavaScript string to collect API data

Question

I'm trying to connect to an API. By doing this with a static string, it works fine, but when I'm doing it by using a variable, it seems not to work.

This is how my code looks:

var movie = 'taken';

OurRequest.open('GET', 'http://www.omdbapi.com/?s=${movie}&apikey=222222');
OurRequest.onload = function() {
  console.log(OurRequest.responseText);
};
OurRequest.send();

So when I remove ${movie} and replace it with 'taken' as a string, it works fine.

Racil Hilan · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-02 06:31:02Z

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Not every browser supports JavaScript Template literals. You can concatenate the value like this:

OurRequest.open('GET', 'http://www.omdbapi.com/?s=' + movie + '&apikey=222222');

If you really want to use JavaScript Template literals, then you need to enclose the entire string in back ticks, not the usual single or double quotes. Like this:

OurRequest.open('GET', `http://www.omdbapi.com/?s=${movie}&apikey=222222`);

edited Mar 2, 2018 at 6:31

answered Mar 1, 2018 at 19:41

Racil Hilan

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Philip Carlsson Over a year ago

Why did you answer work and not mine? I read an answer in this thread: stackoverflow.com/questions/19105009/…

ttncrch Over a year ago

@PhilipCarlsson see my answer for this question

ttncrch · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-01 19:39:10Z

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You should use backquote "`" to interpolate your variable inside your string. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals

answered Mar 1, 2018 at 19:39

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