whatwg-fetch is a lightweight and minimalistic polyfill for the Fetch API, providing a consistent way to make network requests in modern browsers that support Promises but do not yet support Fetch natively. It allows developers to easily perform HTTP requests and handle responses using a simple and intuitive API.
Compared to other similar polyfills or libraries like Axios or jQuery.ajax, whatwg-fetch focuses solely on providing Fetch functionality without any additional features or dependencies. It is actively maintained and widely used in projects where a lightweight and standards-compliant solution for making network requests is required.
Tags: fetch-apinetwork-requestspolyfillhttp-requestspromises