request-lit

Small Promise based HTTP client using the browser's native [Fetch API][fetch], which is supported in all modern browsers and polyfilled by most tools including Next.js or Create React App.

Install

$ npm install request-lit

Example

GET request

import { request } from 'request-lit';

(async () => {
	const res = await request.get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1');
	const data = await res.json();

	console.log(data);
	// => { userId: 1, id: 1, title: 'delectus aut autem', completed: false }
})();

POST request

import { request } from 'request-lit';

(async () => {
	await request.post('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos', {
		json: { userId: 1, title: 'delectus aut autem', completed: false },
	});
})();

Error handling

If the server responds with an error status code, the promise will be rejected with a ResponseError instance. The ResponseError instance has a response property that contains the response object.

import { request, ResponseError } from 'request-lit';

(async () => {
	try {
		const res = await request.get(
			'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1',
		);
		const todo = await res.json();
	} catch (err) {
		if (err instanceof ResponseError) {
			switch (err.response.status) {
				case 400:
					/* Handle */ break;
				case 401:
					/* Handle */ break;
				case 404:
					/* Handle */ break;
				case 500:
					/* Handle */ break;
				default:
					/* Handle */ break;
			}
		}

		throw new Error('Unknown fetch error');
	}
})();

API

The API is similar to the native fetch API, with some minor differences.
Consult the native fetch documentation for more information.

The differences are:

• If you pass a json key in the options object, it will be stringified and set as the request body. In addition the Content-Type header will be set to application/json. See the POST request example above.
• If you pass a validateStatus function in the options object, it will be used to determine if the status code is considered valid.

Request Method Alias

This library also provides pre-bound method aliases:

• request.get(resource, options?)
• request.post(resource, options?)
• request.put(resource, options?)
• request.patch(resource, options?)
• request.delete(resource, options?)
• request.options(resource, options?)

Development

[1] Install dependencies

$ npm install

[2] Validate setup

$ ./Taskfile.sh validate

[3] Start development by running tests in watch-mode

$ ./Taskfile.sh test -w

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## License

[MIT](./LICENSE)