Need help with scripting problems - API

Hey, I'm a noob, currently doing an assignment.

I don't understand most terms.

I'm trying to create a simple weather API function
There seems to be no issues with the code, but I get errors, and the api doesn't seem to show the URL when adding it as a component in the EventSystem section.



The errors are:

Assets\Scripts\WeatherApi.cs(57,38): error CS1061: 'string' does not contain a definition for 'Parse' and no accessible extension method 'Parse' accepting a first argument of type 'string' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

and

Assets\Scripts\WeatherApi.cs(39,31): error CS1061: 'string' does not contain a definition for 'text' and no accessible extension method 'text' accepting a first argument of type 'string' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

I'm quite lost.

I've tried reinstalling Unity. Something is missing but I'm no veteran. The script, so far, in the API is below:


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Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using SimpleJSON;
5. using UnityEngine.UI;
6.  
7. public class WeatherAPI : MonoBehaviour
8. {
9.     // store API location into a string
10.     public string url = "https://fcc-weather-api.glitch.me/api/current?lat=35&lon=139";
11.     public string currentLocation;
12.     public float currentTemp;
13.     public float currentLowTemp;
14.     public float currentMaxTemp;
15.  
16.     // Display Inputs
17.     public Text displayLocation;
18.     public Text displayTemp;
19.     public Text displayLowTemp;
20.     public Text displayHighTemp;
21.  
22.  
23.  
24.     // set up URL request to locate url
25.     // access JSON code
26.     // initialisation of API
27.     IEnumerator Start()
28.     {
29.         // set up www request
30.         WWW request = new WWW(url);
31.         yield return request;
32.  
33.         if (request.error == null || request.error == "")
34.         {
35.             // successful call
36.             // parse the JSON code
37.             Debug.Log("Response:" + request.text);
38.             string weather = JsonUtility.ToJson(request.text);
39.             Debug.Log(weather.text);
40.             SetWeather(request.text);
41.  
42.  
43.         }
44.         else
45.         {
46.             // if the call to API has failed
47.             Debug.Log("Error: " + request.error);
48.         }
49.  
50.  
51.  
52.     }
53.  
54.     // Set Weather Variables Function
55.     void SetWeather(string jsonString)
56.     {
57.         var weatherJson = jsonString.Parse(jsonString);
58.         // issuing variables the data they need
59.         currentLocation = weatherJson["name"].Value;
60.         currentTemp = weatherJson["main"]["temp"].AsFloat;
61.         currentLowTemp = weatherJson["main"]["temp_min"].AsFloat;
62.         currentMaxTemp = weatherJson["main"]["temp_max"].AsFloat;
63.         Debug.Log(currentLocation);
64.         Debug.Log(currentTemp);
65.         Debug.Log(currentMaxTemp);
66.         Debug.Log(currentLowTemp);
67.     }

 

How to understand compiler and other errors and even fix them yourself:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/ass...3-syntax-error-expected.1039702/#post-6730855

The important parts of an error message are:
- the description of the error itself (google this; you are NEVER the first one!)
- the file it occurred in (critical!)
- the line number and character position (the two numbers in parentheses)

All of that information is in the actual error message and you must pay attention to it. Learn how to identify it instantly so you don't have to stop your progress and fiddle around with the forum.

 

This line makes no sense at all:

var weatherJson = jsonString.Parse(jsonString);

Maybe you did a plaintext search and replace, somehow? Because the line should read

var weatherJson = JSON.Parse(jsonString);

 

thank you, this clears up one of the errors. For some reason debug and public text doesn't light up still

 

the error is
Assets\Scripts\WeatherAPI.cs(39,31): error CS1061: 'string' does not contain a definition for 'text' and no accessible extension method 'text' accepting a first argument of type 'string' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

 

Delete the

.text

from both line:

Code (CSharp):

1. Debug.Log(weather.text);
2. SetWeather(request.text);

Also why are you sending the request to the SetWeather?

All on these notes, my advise is that you need to go back to the basics, you don't know the basic syntax.
Here is a good one:

 

Thanks, I don't know the basics. I'm copying word from word a tutorial from a teacher.

After doing that I get:

Assets\Scripts\WeatherAPI.cs(40,24): error CS1503: Argument 1: cannot convert from 'UnityEngine.WWW' to 'string'

 

Well, it's far from word for word. Check your tutorial again. And watch what I linked.

 

Thanks, I was having a dyslexic moment. All good now.