# Getting started with JavaScript

### Request code

To query the API, you can use any HTTP client of choice or any specialized GraphQL API Clients, like [graphql-request](https://github.com/prisma-labs/graphql-request), [urql](https://github.com/FormidableLabs/urql), or [Apollo](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-client).

Using a client compatible with [Fetch API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API), the request could be issued with the following code:

{% hint style="info" %}
Make sure to replace `<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY>` with your unique API key.
{% endhint %}

```typescript
const fetch = require('isomorphic-fetch');

const API_KEY = '<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY>';
const API_ENDPOINT = 'https://api.craft.co/v1/query';
const GRAPHQL_QUERY = /* GraphQL */`
    query getAlerts($first: Int!) { 
        alerts(first: $first) {
            id
            dataset
            variable
        }
    }
`;

requestHeaders = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'x-craft-api-key': API_KEY };
requestData = { 'query': GRAPHQL_QUERY, 'variables': { 'first': 3 } };

const result = await fetch(API_ENDPOINT, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: requestHeaders,
    body: JSON.stringify(requestData),
});

const { data, errors } = await result.json();

console.log(data);
```

### Response

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

```typescript
{
  "data": {
    "alerts": [
      {
        "id": "8da58037-d0b9-8365-75b4-6754aed4e9b0",
        "dataset": "news",
        "variable": "news_article"
      },
      {
        "id": "8489a57b-7be9-0364-a95d-65ad84ed430a",
        "dataset": "news",
        "variable": "news_article"
      },
      {
        "id": "8489a57b-7be9-0364-a90d-65ad84ed430a",
        "dataset": "news",
        "variable": "news_article"
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}
```

#### Read more

* [Querying Alerts API](https://docs.craft.co/alerts-api/alerts-api-queries)
* [Alerts API Reference](https://docs.craft.co/alerts-api/alerts-api-reference)
* [Query examples](https://docs.craft.co/alerts-api/query-examples)