JAVASCRIPT

return value from fetch javascript

  function getvals(){
    return fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts',
    {
    	method: "GET",
      headers: {
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      },
    })
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then((responseData) => {
      console.log(responseData);
      return responseData;
    })
    .catch(error => console.warn(error));
  }
  
  getvals().then(response => console.log(response));

return fetch javascript

async function yourFunction() { //Most compact way to return a fetch
    const response = await fetch('some-url', {}); 
    const json = await response.json();
    return json; //do here wathever with your json if you want to return
}				//a specific part of it.

yourFunction().then(resp => {
    console.log(resp); //Here you get the function response and print it
});

javascript fetch request GET

// Update fields in form based on API GET request
function update_form_fields(term, field){ 
  fetch("/api/profiles/?format=json")
    .then((response)=>{
    return response.json();
  }).then((data) => {
    let profile = data.find(el => el[field] == term);      
    document.getElementById("name-input").value = profile.name;
    document.getElementById("email-input").value = profile.email;
  });}

display fetch response js

// This will give you a response status code
console.log(response.status)