Axios: Detailed Overview & Metrics
Axios is a popular promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js. It provides an easy-to-use API for making HTTP requests and handling responses, supporting features like interceptors, request and response transformations, and automatic JSON data parsing. Axios allows for efficient handling of asynchronous operations and simplifies the process of working with REST APIs.
Compared to alternatives like Fetch API and jQuery.ajax, Axios offers a more user-friendly interface, better error handling, and broader browser compatibility. It is actively maintained, regularly updated, and widely used in modern web development projects.
Alternatives:
fetch+
got+
node-fetch+
superagent+
ky+
request+
axios-retry+
axios-hooks+
unfetch+
httpie+
Tags: javascripthttpclientpromise-basedrest-api