fetch.md

nodejsscript

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nodejsscript / fetch

Function: fetch()

fetch(url, init?): Response

The node-fetch package can be used in cases when fetch is not available natively.

// BASIC
const response1= await fetch('https://medv.io');
// PROMISE CHAINING
const text1= await fetch('https://github.com/').then(r=> r.text());
// AWAITING
const response2= await fetch('https://api.github.com/users/github');
const json1= await response.json();
// POST METHOD
const json2= await fetch('https://httpbin.org/post', { method: 'POST', body: 'a=1' }).then(r=> r.json());
// POST METHOD WITH JSON
const response3= await fetch('https://httpbin.org/post', {
	method: 'post',
	body: JSON.stringify({ a: 1 }),
	headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
});
// ERRORS
fetch('https://domain.invalid/').catch(echo);
try{
	await fetch('https://domain.invalid');
} catch(error){
	echo(error);
}

Parameters

url

The URL to fetch.

string | Request

init?

RequestInit

Request parameters.

Returns

Response