html onclick to load external javascript not working

Question

I am trying to load an external javascript from a html input button. However when I click on the button I get no output or response. I do get a message in console that the script has been loaded though. HTML:

<div class="split left">
    <fieldset class="Receiver Commands">
        <legend>Receiver Commands</legend>
<input type="button" value="click me" id="clickMe" onclick="serverStart()" />
        <script type="text/javascript" src="{%static 'scripts/ServerResponse.js' %}">
    </script>
            <form method="post">
            </form>
        <div id="testtaskbox" class="testtaskbox">
        {% csrf_token %}

        </div>
    </fieldset>
    <fieldset class="receiverResponse">
        <legend>Receiver Response</legend>
        <div class="receiverText">
            <textarea id ="response" class="textarea">Digdebugv2 1.11
                {{responseContext}}
            </textarea>
        </div>
    </fieldset>
</div>

Javascript:

serverStart()
function serverStart () {
  document.getElementById('reponse').innerHTML = '123bob'
  console.log('ServerResponse started')
}

Answer 1

Your document.getElementById('reponse').innerHTML = '123bob' 'response' was not correct spelled.

Replace your current code with this and it will work.

 function serverStart () {
  document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = '123bob'
  console.log('ServerResponse started')
}
serverStart();

    <div class="split left">
    	<fieldset class="Receiver Commands">
    		<legend>Receiver Commands</legend>
    <input type="button" value="click me" id="clickMe" onclick="serverStart()" />
    		<script type="text/javascript" src="{%static 'scripts/ServerResponse.js' %}">
    	</script>
    			<form method="post">
    			</form>
    		<div id="testtaskbox" class="testtaskbox">
    		{% csrf_token %}
    
    		</div>
    	</fieldset>
    	<fieldset class="receiverResponse">
    		<legend>Receiver Response</legend>
    		<div class="receiverText">
    			<textarea id ="response" class="textarea">Digdebugv2 1.11
    				{{responseContext}}
    			</textarea>
    		</div>
    	</fieldset>
    </div>