How to create a new img tag with JQuery, with the src and id from a JavaScript object?

Question

I understand JQuery in the basic sense but am definitely new to it, and suspect this is very easy.

I\'ve got my image src and id in a JSON response (converted to an

Answer 1

In jQuery, a new element can be created by passing a HTML string to the constructor, as shown below:

var img = $(''); //Equivalent: $(document.createElement('img'))
img.attr('src', responseObject.imgurl);
img.appendTo('#imagediv');