js function calling an api doesn't respond with expected values

Question

I am trying to collect all the market pairs from a crypto exchange using its API, but I'm not sure how to select the proper line in the JSON object as it does not seem to work.

the api : https://ftx.com/api/markets

my code : requests.js

import axios from 'axios';
import parsers from './parsers';


async function ftxMarkets() {
    const ftxResponse = await axios.get('https://ftx.com/api/markets');
    return parsers.ftxMarkets(ftxResponse.data);
}

parsers.js

function ftxMarkets(data) {
    const [ftxMarketPairs] = data;
    let ftxPairs = data.map(d => d.name );
    console.log(ftxPairs);

};

I'm not sure about d.name in the parsers.js file, but I tried with another exchange with the same code, changing just that part and it worked, so I guess that's where the problem comes from, although can't be sure and I don't know by what to replace it.

Thanks

Answer 1

I ran the api call and after looking at the response I see a result key with the list of all crypto data. So I am guessing it'll work if you call the parser with the result object like this

    return parsers.ftxMarkets(ftxResponse.result);
    // try parsers.ftxMarkets(ftxResponse.data.result) if the above one doesnt work

and then in the parser it should work normally

function ftxMarkets(data) {
    let ftxPairs = data.map(d => d.name );
    console.log(ftxPairs);
}; 

Update:

Since fxtResponse.data.result works. Your issue should be a CORS issue and to fix that there are two options.

1. CORS plugin in web browser(not recommended in production)
2. Proxy it through a server. By requesting the resource through a proxy - The simplest way, what you can do is, write a small node server (or if you already have a back-end associate it with your front-end you can use it) which does the request for the 3rd party API and sends back the response. And in that server response now you can allow cross-origin header.

For 2 If you already have a nodeJs server. You can use CORs Npm package and call the third party api from the server and serve the request to the front end with CORS enabled.