friendList = {} convoListElement = document.getElementsByClassName('conversationList')[0] function createConvoList(){ console.log(friendList) for (friend in friendList){ var convoEntry = document.createElement('div') convoEntry.classList.add('convoEntry') convoEntry.setAttribute('data-pubkey', friend) convoEntry.innerText = friendList[friend] convoListElement.append(convoEntry) } } fetch('/friends/list', { headers: { "token": webpass }}) .then((resp) => resp.json()) // Transform the data into json .then(function(resp) { var keys = [] for(var k in resp) keys.push(k) for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++){ friendList[keys[i]] = resp[keys[i]]['name'] } createConvoList() })