09 Flutter: HTTP requests and Rest API
main.dart
import 'dart:async';
import 'dart:convert'; //it allows us to convert our json to a list
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
void main() {
runApp(new MaterialApp(
home: new HomePage()
));
}
class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
@override
HomePageState createState() => new HomePageState();
}
class HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
//this async func will get data from the internet
//when our func is done we return a string
Future<String> getData() async {
//we have to wait to get the data so we use 'await'
http.Response response = await http.get(
//Uri.encodeFull removes all the dashes or extra characters present in our Uri
Uri.encodeFull("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"),
headers: {
//if your api require key then pass your key here as well e.g "key": "my-long-key"
"Accept": "application/json"
}
);
//print(response.body);
List data = JSON.decode(response.body);
//print(data);
print(data[1]["title"]); // it will print => title: "qui est esse"
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context){
return new Scaffold(
appBar: new AppBar(title: new Text("Stateful Widget!"), backgroundColor: Colors.deepOrange),
body: new Center(
child: new RaisedButton(
child: new Text("Get data!", style: new TextStyle(color: Colors.white, fontStyle: FontStyle.italic, fontSize: 20.0)),
onPressed: getData
)
)
);
}
}
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