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request API data from a row name that has a numeric value

I want to request data via the XMLHttpRequest from stockdata.org by using the following code:

var requestURL = 'https://api.stockdata.org/v1/data/currency/latest?symbols=BTCUSD&api_token=[API_KEY]';
var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
request.open('GET', requestURL);
request.responseType = 'json';
request.send();

request.onload = function() {
  console.log(request.response.data[0]);
}

The problem that I am facing is that after the row "data[0]" there is a row with the value 0 as name. When I use the code;

console.log(request.response.data[0].0);

I get a syntax error.

This is the table that I am fetching data from:

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I would like to know how I can fetch the symbol with the value "BTCUSD".

console.log(request.response.data[0].symbol);

also didn't work unfortunately

Solution

  • there is a row with the value 0 as name

    data appears to be an array of arrays and I don't believe you can index arrays like that. Have you tried this instead?

    console.log(request.response.data[0][0]);

    As for accessing BTCUSD, I believe you would just want this, for similar reasons:

    // Note the TWO [0] here because there's TWO arrays
request.response.data[0][0].symbol