Building a Advice Generator

Introduction

Hello, fellow developers! Today, I am excited to share a fun and simple project that I recently worked on: an Advice Generator website. This project fetches random pieces of advice from an external API and displays them on a webpage. It's a great way to practice working with APIs and building interactive web applications.

Project Overview

The Advice Generator website is a straightforward application that allows users to get random advice at the click of a button. It uses the Advice Slip API to fetch advice and display it on the webpage.

Features

Fetches Advice: Retrieves random advice from the Advice Slip API.
Displays Advice: Shows the advice along with an advice number.
Interactive Button: Users can fetch new advice by clicking a button.

Technologies Used

HTML: For the structure of the webpage.
CSS: For styling the webpage.
JavaScript: For fetching data from the API and updating the DOM.

Project Structure

Here's a quick look at the project structure:

Advice-Generator/
├── index.html
├── style.css
└── script.js

Installation

To get started with the project, follow these steps:

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/abhishekgurjar-in/Advice-Generator.git

Open the project directory:
```
cd Advice-Generator
```
Run the project:
- You can either run it on a local server or simply open the index.html file in a web browser.

Usage

Open the website in a web browser.
Click the "Get Advice" button to fetch a new piece of advice.
Enjoy the wisdom!

Code Explanation

HTML

The HTML file contains the basic structure of the webpage, including a button to fetch advice and a section to display the advice.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Advice Generator</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container">
        <h1>Advice Generator</h1>
        <p id="advice">Click the button to get a piece of advice!</p>
        <button id="adviceBtn">Get Advice</button>
    </div>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

CSS

The CSS file styles the webpage to make it visually appealing.

body {
    font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    height: 100vh;
    background-color: #f0f0f0;
}

.container {
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    padding: 20px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}

button {
    padding: 10px 20px;
    font-size: 16px;
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: #007BFF;
    color: #fff;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 5px;
    margin-top: 20px;
}

button:hover {
    background-color: #0056b3;
}

JavaScript

The JavaScript file fetches advice from the API and updates the DOM.

document.getElementById('adviceBtn').addEventListener('click', fetchAdvice);

function fetchAdvice() {
    fetch('https://api.adviceslip.com/advice')
        .then(response => response.json())
        .then(data => {
            document.getElementById('advice').innerText = `Advice #${data.slip.id}: ${data.slip.advice}`;
        })
        .catch(error => {
            console.error('Error fetching advice:', error);
        });
}

Live Demo

You can check out the live demo of the Advice Generator website here.

Conclusion

Building the Advice Generator website was a fun and educational experience. It helped me practice working with APIs and building interactive web applications. I hope you find this project as enjoyable and informative as I did. Feel free to clone the repository and play around with the code. Happy coding!

Credits

This project uses the Advice Slip API.

Author

Abhishek Gurjar
- GitHub Profile

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