@algolia/requester-common
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Axios is a popular HTTP client for the browser and node.js. It provides a promise-based API and a lot of flexibility. Compared to @algolia/requester-common, Axios is more feature-rich, offering interceptors, automatic transforms for JSON data, and client-side protection against XSRF. It is not specific to Algolia and can be used for any HTTP requests.
node-fetch is a light-weight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js. It is similar to @algolia/requester-common in that it provides a simple interface for making network requests. However, node-fetch is designed to closely mimic the browser's Fetch API, making it ideal for developers looking for consistency between client and server-side code. Unlike @algolia/requester-common, it is not tailored to any specific service.
Got is a human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js. It supports retries, streams, and pagination, among other features. Got offers more comprehensive features for request handling compared to @algolia/requester-common, which is more focused on serving as a common requester for Algolia's services.
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Common interfaces for promise-based request libraries
The npm package @algolia/requester-common receives a total of 379,584 weekly downloads. As such, @algolia/requester-common popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @algolia/requester-common demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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