datagrabber.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Grabber</title>
        <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>Hello World!</p>
    </body>
    <script>
        // Step 1: get the blob id
        var url = "https://data.texas.gov/api/views/cuc7-ywmd/"
        var data2 = ""
        $.ajax({
            method: 'GET',
            url: url,
            success: function(data){
                //data is a JSON object
                console.info(data)
                var blobsid = data.blobId
                newurl = url + "files/" + blobsid + "?filename=vehiclepositions.json"
                console.log("New url: " + newurl)
                // Step 2: get the data
                $.ajax({
                    method: 'GET',
                    url: newurl,
                    success: function(data){
                        console.info(data);
                        dowork(JSON.parse(data));
                }
        })
            }
        })   
        function dowork(viewdata) 
        {   
            console.log('Do work')
            bus_array = viewdata.entity
            console.log(bus_array)
        }     
    </script>
</html>