class Category { name: string thumbnail: string|null constructor(raw: any) { this.name = raw['name'] this.thumbnail= raw['thumbnail'] // Setting some defaults if(!this.name) { this.name = null } if(!this.thumbnail) { this.thumbnail= null } } title_link() : HTMLHeadingElement { let container = document.createElement('h2') let link = document.createElement('a') if(this.name) { link.href = `/category/${this.name}` link.text = this.name } else { link.href = '#' link.text = this.name + 'ft. No thumbnail' } link.text = link.text[0].toUpperCase() + link.text.substring(1, link.text.length) container.appendChild(link) return container } thumbnail_div() : HTMLAnchorElement { let nail = document.createElement('img') nail.className = 'img-fluid' // Modern browser's should be able to cache this request if(!(this.thumbnail == null || this.thumbnail.length == 0)) { nail.setAttribute('src', `${this.thumbnail}`) } else{ nail.setAttribute('src', '/static/cantfindshit.gif') } let link = document.createElement('a') if(this.name) { link.href = `/category/${this.name}` } else { link.href = '#' } link.appendChild(nail) return link } public as_div() { let container = document.createElement('div') container.className = 'video-block' let title = this.title_link() let thumbnail = this.thumbnail_div() container.appendChild(title) container.appendChild(thumbnail) // Dump gallery onto the main page document.getElementById('main-container').appendChild(container) return container } } function ready_handler(e?: Event) : Event { // Only let this make a get request once we're ready on the page if(document.readyState != 'complete') { return e } // All we do here is basically make a get request to /api/categories const endpoint = window.location.origin + '/api/categories' let xml = new XMLHttpRequest() xml.onload = function() { if(this.getResponseHeader('Content-Type') == 'application/json') { let raw = JSON.parse(this.responseText) for(const cat_raw of raw) { let cat = new Category(cat_raw) cat.as_div() } } } // Fire request xml.open('GET', endpoint, true) // sync request xml.send(null) // nothing required for stuff return e } document.addEventListener('readystatechange', ready_handler)