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Following URLs with Redirect Requests in Node.js with Follow Redirects

While building out my TikTok app, I encountered a problem that made storing and displaying data difficult: the TikTok API stopped allowing response requests from mobile TikTok links. When using the Copy Link function on the native TikTok app, the app produces a shortened URL.

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idioms

Using Session Storage for API Data

After fetching the idiom API from the server and adding it to the document, I realized I wanted the user to see the same idiom until they closed their browser. To accomplish this, I decided to use sessionStorage.

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idioms

Weather Backgrounds with the Open Weather Map API

Despite studying Japanese for nearly a decade now, I still struggle to understand and remember yojijukugo, or idioms comprised of four Chinese characters. For my next project, I decided it would be fun to build an app to start my day off with a different idiom. Aside from the idiom (and its pronunciation and definition), I wanted to add in a few other features for starting my day. Namely, I wanted to know the day, the date, the time, the temperature, and the current weather.

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