# Wikipedia viewer weird problem

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640 "2016-11-18T09:52:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![R.Ganesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/r.ganesh/32/10445_2.png) [@R.Ganesh](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/R.Ganesh)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640/1 "2016-11-18T09:52:19Z")

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i call a function when user click "ENTER’ and also the search button.When pressing AJAX response is fine.  
But When clicking the search button it shows an error in my AJAX call.kinda seems weird.  
A link to my codepen

> **[Wikipedia viewer](https://codepen.io/R_Ganesh/pen/eBBmwW?editors=1010)**
>
> ...

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**Author:** ![jenovs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jenovs/32/60963_2.png) [@jenovs](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jenovs)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640/2 "2016-11-18T10:17:35Z")

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Look at lines 8…10:

```auto
  $('.btn').click(function() {
    $('#search_box').val('');
  });

```

When you click any button you clear the search box, so your `getData` function gets called with an empty query.

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**Author:** ![R.Ganesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/r.ganesh/32/10445_2.png) [@R.Ganesh](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/R.Ganesh)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640/3 "2016-11-18T10:22:47Z")

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> [@jenovs](#):
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> Look at lines 8…10:
> 
> $(‘.btn’).click(function() {  
> $(‘#search\_box’).val(‘’);  
> });
> 
> When you click any button you clear the search box, so your getData function gets called with an empty query.

Thank you for the help buddy

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**Author:** ![jwilkins.oboe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/jwilkins.oboe/32/179497_2.png) [@jwilkins.oboe](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/jwilkins.oboe)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/wikipedia-viewer-weird-problem/56640/5 "2021-01-16T06:09:31Z")

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