Access Data from API in flutter

Question

I want to access data from the API below.
"https://api.categen.com/api.php/recent_activity/1"
and Want to print in text. Please help me.

Moreover, there is 3 classes

Home . dart file.
DataService . dart file.
Model . dart file

I tried below code.
Home.dart .

import 'dart:convert';

import 'package:categen_api_test/data_service.dart';
import 'package:categen_api_test/model.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const HomePage({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _HomePageState createState() => _HomePageState();
}

class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
  final _dataService = DataService();
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text("Categen API"),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: ElevatedButton(
          child: Text("Click me"),
          onPressed: () {
            _getlist();
          },
        ),
      ),
    );
  }

  void _getlist() async {
    final response = await _dataService.getData();
    print(response.name);
  }
}

DataService

import 'dart:convert';

import 'package:categen_api_test/model.dart';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

class DataService {
  Future<ModelData> getData() async {
    final String url = "https://api.categen.com/api.php/recent_activity/1";
    final uri = Uri.https('api.categen.com', '/api.php/recent_activity/1');
    final response = await http.get(uri);
    print(response.body);

    final json = jsonDecode(response.body);
    return ModelData.fromJson(json);
  }
}

What is the current behavior ? – esentis Nov 01 '21 at 21:20 — esentis, Nov 01 '21 at 21:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 02 '21 at 00:00

First create a model like this:

class Model {
  final String name;
  final String location;
  final String action_value;
  final String item;

  Model(this.name, this.location, this.action_value, this.item);

  List<Model> getList(json) {
    List<Model> tempList = []
    json['records'].forEach((model)=> tempList.add(
        Model(
           model["name"],
           model["location"],
           model["action_value"],
           model["item"]
         )
       )
      );
   return tempList;
  }
}

Then create a function to fetch the data:

Future<List<Model>> fetchData() async { 
   final response = await http.get('https://api.categen.com/api.php/recent_activity/1'); 
   if (response.statusCode == 200) { 
      return Model.getList(response.body); 
   } else { 
      throw Exception('Unable to fetch products from the REST API'); 
   } 
}

call the fetch data function in the init state of the HomePage Widget

late Future<List<Model>> futureData;
void initState() {
    super.initState();
    futureData = fetchData();
}

what is left to do now is to get your data using a FutureBuilder Widget. and display the list of your data

FutureBuilder<Model>(
  future: futureData,
  builder: (context, snapshot) {
    if (snapshot.hasData) {
      return Column(
         children: snaphot.map((e)=>Text(e.name)).toList()
      );
    } else if (snapshot.hasError) {
      return Text('${snapshot.error}');
    }
    return const CircularProgressIndicator();
  },
)

if you want to reload the data on the click of a button, then call the fetch data whenever the button is clicked and then rebuild state of the Homepage widget like shown below

onPressed: (){
   setState(
      (){
        futureData = fetchData();
      }
   );  
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 02 '21 at 05:16

Try below code hope its helpful to you. If you get data from API refer my answer here or here or here hope it's helpful to you

Create your home widget:

 Center(
    child: ElevatedButton(
      child: Text('Pressed Me'),
      onPressed: () => Navigator.push(
        context,
        MaterialPageRoute(
         builder: (context) => Jobs(),
        ),
      ),
    ),
  ),

Create your List Widget.

Your API Call function:

Future<List<dynamic>> getJobsData() async {
    String url = 'https://api.categen.com/api.php/recent_activity/1';
    var response = await http.get(Uri.parse(url), headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Accept': 'application/json',
    });
    return json.decode(response.body)['records'];
  }

Your Widget:

Column(
    children: [
      Expanded(
        child: Center(
          child: FutureBuilder<List<dynamic>>(
            future: getJobsData(),
            builder: (context, snapshot) {
              if (snapshot.hasData) {
                return Padding(
                  padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
                  child: ListView.builder(
                    itemCount: snapshot.data!.length,
                    itemBuilder: (context, index) {
                      var name = snapshot.data![index]['name'];
                      var location = snapshot.data![index]['location'];
                      var item = snapshot.data![index]['item'];
                      var action = snapshot.data![index]['action_value'];
                      var date = snapshot.data![index]['created_timestamp'];
                      return Card(
                        shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
                          side: BorderSide(color: Colors.green.shade300),
                          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(15.0),
                        ),
                        child: ListTile(
                          leading: Text(
                            action.toString(),
                          ),
                          title: Text(name),
                          subtitle: Text(
                            location + '\n' + date,
                          ),
                          trailing: Text(item),
                        ),
                      );
                    },
                  ),
                );
              }
              return CircularProgressIndicator();
            },
          ),
        ),
      ),
    ],
  ),

Your all class:

 class Jobs extends StatelessWidget {

  Future<List<dynamic>> getJobsData() async {
    String url = 'https://api.categen.com/api.php/recent_activity/1';
    var response = await http.get(Uri.parse(url), headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Accept': 'application/json',
    });
    return json.decode(response.body)['records'];
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Jobs'),
      ),
      body: Column(
        children: [
          Expanded(
            child: Center(
              child: FutureBuilder<List<dynamic>>(
                future: getJobsData(),
                builder: (context, snapshot) {
                  if (snapshot.hasData) {
                    return Padding(
                      padding: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
                      child: ListView.builder(
                        itemCount: snapshot.data!.length,
                        itemBuilder: (context, index) {
                          var name = snapshot.data![index]['name'];
                          var location = snapshot.data![index]['location'];
                          var item = snapshot.data![index]['item'];
                          var action = snapshot.data![index]['action_value'];
                          var date = snapshot.data![index]['created_timestamp'];
                          return Card(
                            shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(
                              side: BorderSide(color: Colors.green.shade300),
                              borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(15.0),
                            ),
                            child: ListTile(
                              leading: Text(
                                action.toString(),
                              ),
                              title: Text(name),
                              subtitle: Text(
                                location + '\n' + date,
                              ),
                              trailing: Text(item),
                            ),
                          );
                        },
                      ),
                    );
                  }
                  return CircularProgressIndicator();
                },
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

Your Home widget output screen->

Your List Widget output screen->

Access Data from API in flutter

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