How to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js With Fetch API
Are you struggling with HTTP requests in Node.js? Or wondering whether Fetch API or Axios is the ideal option for you? This video will unravel the mystery and get you on track.
The long-awaited Fetch API interface has been in Node.js for some time now. It enables developers to fetch website resources with simplicity and make asynchronous promise operations.
This video tutorial will show you how to make requests using Fetch API, how to utilize HTTP headers, send POST requests, and handle exceptions. You’ll also see how Fetch API holds up against another very similar promise-based client called Axios.
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GET: https://httpbin.org/get
POST: https://httpbin.org/post
Links mentioned in this video:
The first website in the world
👉http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/The...
Node-fetch package
👉https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch
A dummy quotes website
👉https://quotes.toscrape.com/
Cheerio library
👉https://www.npmjs.com/package/cheerio
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Timestamps 👇
0:00 Introduction
1:13 What is Fetch API?
2:02 How to use Fetch API in Node.js
2:26 Fetch-then syntax
3:17 Async-await syntax
3:50 Creating a web scraper
4:41 Using HTTP headers
7:07 Sending POST requests
9:02 Handling exceptions
9:57 Exceptions with async-await syntax
10:49 Axios vs. Fetch API
15:11 Wrap up
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