diff --git a/async-await/index.js b/async-await/index.js
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+function fetchDataFromApi() {
+    console.log('fetchDataFromApi() start...');
+
+    fetch('https://v2.jokeapi.dev/joke/Programming?type=single')
+	.then(res => res.json())
+	.then(json => console.log(json.joke));
+
+    console.log('fetchDataFromApi() done.');
+};
+
+fetchDataFromApi()
+console.log('index: Finished fetching data.');
diff --git a/async-await/package.json b/async-await/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "async-await",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "async await",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "author": "Software Ingenieur Begerad <dialog@SwIngBe.de>",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+}