node-fetch
A light-weight module that brings Fetch API to node.js
A fetch() polyfill for older Node.js.
When to choose it: Legacy Node before v18. On Node 18+ fetch is global, so you usually no longer need this.
- + Familiar fetch API
- + Lightweight
- - Redundant on Node 18+
- - Manual JSON parsing
- - No interceptors
- Latest version
- 3.3.2
- Monthly downloads
- 596,360,386
- GitHub stars
- 8,857
- Minified + gzip
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- Dependencies
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- License
- MIT
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