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10 Best JavaScript HTTP Libraries

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axios

axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

37M
98.4K
Built-in
MIT
nee

needle

Nimble, streamable HTTP client for Node.js. With proxy, iconv, cookie, deflate & multipart support.

6M
1.6K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
node-fetch

node-fetch

A light-weight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js

40.5M
8.1K
Built-in
MIT
got

got

🌐 Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js

19.6M
12.5K
Built-in
MIT
node-forge

node-forge

A native implementation of TLS in Javascript and tools to write crypto-based and network-heavy webapps

17.7M
4.4K
DefinitelyTyped
(BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0)
superagent

superagent

Ajax for Node.js and browsers (JS HTTP client). Maintained for @forwardemail, @ladjs, @spamscanner, @breejs, @cabinjs, and @lassjs.

7.6M
16.2K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
nv

node-vault

Client for HashiCorp's Vault

93.4K
434
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
node-cache

node-cache

a node internal (in-memory) caching module

2.3M
1.9K
Built-in
MIT
wet

wetty

Terminal in browser over http/https. (Ajaxterm/Anyterm alternative, but much better)

611
3.4K
No support
MIT
methods

methods

HTTP verbs that node supports

25.6M
170
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
vcc

v8-compile-cache

Require hook for automatic V8 compile cache persistence

17.5M
617
No support
MIT
gf

got-fetch

A fetch interface to got

6K
18
Built-in
MIT
typed-rest-client

typed-rest-client

Node Rest and Http Clients with typings for use with TypeScript

361K
622
Built-in
MIT
popsicle

popsicle

Simple HTTP requests for node and the browser

214K
244
Built-in
MIT
uni

unirest

Simplified, lightweight HTTP client library

45.4K
No support
MIT
@hatsy/hatsy

@hatsy/hatsy

Asynchronous TypeScript-friendly HTTP server for Node.js

40
2
Built-in
MIT
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