JS Fetch API access return value [duplicate]

Answer 1

Here are some good resources for fetch and an example.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Body/text https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Body/json

You may also want to get familiar with promises. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise

 
    function doSomethingWithText(text) {
        console.log('The text is:', text);
    }

    fetch('someUrl.html')
      .then(data => data.text())
      .then(text => (doSomethingWithText(text))
      .catch(error => new Error(error));