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JavaScript Node.js Basics 2017 Create a Command Line Weather Application Retrieving Data - Solution

Duy Khanh
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Duy Khanh
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Duy Khanh
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Why we need process.argv.slice(2) ?

Anyone can explain about process.argv.slice(2)? Why we need to slice and why the param is 2 ?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "argv" array contains everything given on the command line. The first item (argv[0]) will be the path to node itself, and the second item (argv[1]) will be the path to your script code.

So a slice starting at 2 will discard both of those and return everything else that was typed on the command line. These are the arguments that will be used to construct the API query string.

Uche Onuekwusi
Uche Onuekwusi
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HI STEVEN please can you explain how to construct the api query string

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

That part is covered in the video. And for this particular API, it's just a URL.