Node.js by Example: HTTP Client

Node.js has support for fetching requests similar to the browser functionality using fetch()

Issue an HTTP GET request to a server. fetch() is a convenient shortcut. The implementation is based upon undici, an HTTP/1.1 client written from scratch for Node.js.

 
const res = await fetch(
    "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts"
);

Print the HTTP response status.

 
console.log("Response status:", res.status);

Print the output of the JSON response

 
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
 
$ node http-client.mjs
Response status: 200
[
  {
    userId: 1,
    id: 1,
    title: 'sunt aut facere',
    body: 'quia et suscipit\n' +
      'suscipit recusandae cum\n' +
      'reprehenderit molestiae\n' +
      'nostrum rerum est'
  },
  {
    userId: 1,
    id: 2,
...

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