Template:REST API GET sample code (javascript)

async function doFetch() {
  let url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/rest.php/some/path";
  let headers = {'Api-User-Agent': 'MediaWiki REST API docs examples/0.1 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_talk:REST_API)'}
  

  const rsp = await fetch(url, headers);
  const data = await rsp.json();
  return data;
}

async function fetchAsync()
{
  try {
    let result = await doFetch();
    console.log(result);
  } catch( err ) {
    console.error( err.message );
  }
}

fetchAsync();

/*  
    Sample code
*/
async function doFetch() {
  let url = "https://test.example/foo";
  let headers = {'Api-User-Agent': 'MediaWiki REST API docs examples/0.1 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API_talk:REST_API)'}
  let params = {
    'x': '1',
    'y': '2'
  };
  let query = Object.keys(params)
             .map(k => k + '=' + encodeURIComponent(params[k]))
             .join('&');
  url = url + '?' + query;

  const rsp = await fetch(url, headers);
  const data = await rsp.json();
  return data;
}

async function fetchAsync()
{
  try {
    let result = await doFetch();
    console.log(result);
  } catch( err ) {
    console.error( err.message );
  }
}

fetchAsync();

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