APIs

What’s an API?
The acronym “API” stands for:

Application
Programming
Interface

google API
https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer/#p/
ProgrammableWeb
https://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory

const asyncRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
asyncRequestObject.open('GET', 'https://unsplash.com');

const req = new XMLHttpRequest();
undefined
req.open('GET', 'https://www.google.com/');
undefined

VM453:1 [Deprecation] Synchronous XMLHttpRequest on the main thread is deprecated because of its detrimental effects to the end user's experience. For more help, check https://xhr.spec.whatwg.org/.

function handleSuccess(){
	console.log(this.responseText);
}
asyncRequestObject.onload = handleSuccess;

function handleError(){
	// in the function, the 'this' value is the XHR object
	console.log('An error occured');
}
asyncRequestOjbect.onerror = handleError;

function handleSuccess (){
	console.log(this.responseText);
}
function handleError(){
	console.log('An error occurred')
}

const asyncRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();

asyncRequestObject.open('GET', 'https://unsplash.com');
asyncRequestObject.onload = handleSuccess;
asyncRequestOjbect.onerror = handleError;

asyncRequestObject.send();