In TypeScript/JavaScript, we have an unopinionated library that can help us interact with RESTful APIs, Axios. In this article, we’ll look at the popular open-source library and how it compares with the native browser function(fetch) and we’ll discover the additional features that the open-source library has over fetch. We will also look at how we can interact with a REST API using function-based components.

Axios is a very popular promise-based HTTP client over fetch because it:

• Allows cancelling of requests.
• Allows request timeout.
• Enjoys built-in XSRF protection.
• Performs automatic transforms of JSON data.
• Has wide browser support etc.

On the…

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