From b08bd5e0bfc2db4d663f98af52044b5153881ff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anna Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 01:58:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] chore(curriculum): explain FCC Authors step 2 better (#57045) Co-authored-by: Ilenia <26656284+ilenia-magoni@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../641da3c6b6fbd742bff6ee40.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/curriculum/challenges/english/15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22/learn-fetch-and-promises-by-building-an-fcc-authors-page/641da3c6b6fbd742bff6ee40.md b/curriculum/challenges/english/15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22/learn-fetch-and-promises-by-building-an-fcc-authors-page/641da3c6b6fbd742bff6ee40.md index d5b4b560c88..14eeb05a820 100644 --- a/curriculum/challenges/english/15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22/learn-fetch-and-promises-by-building-an-fcc-authors-page/641da3c6b6fbd742bff6ee40.md +++ b/curriculum/challenges/english/15-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures-22/learn-fetch-and-promises-by-building-an-fcc-authors-page/641da3c6b6fbd742bff6ee40.md @@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ dashedName: step-2 # --description-- -The Fetch API is a built-in JavaScript interface to make network requests to a server. It has a `fetch()` method you can use to make `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, or `PATCH` requests. In this project, you'll make a `GET` request to a URL for a JSON file with information about authors on freeCodeCamp News. +In this project we want data about the authors on freeCodeCamp News. +If you want data from an online source, you need use an `API` (Application Programming Interface). +An `API` lets people from outside of an organization retrieve its internal data. + +There is a method called `fetch` that allows code to receive data from an `API` by sending a `GET` request. Here is how you can make a `GET` request with the `fetch()` method: