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The aws-sdk package is the official AWS SDK for JavaScript. It provides a comprehensive set of tools for interacting with AWS services, including S3, DynamoDB, and Lambda. Compared to @smithy/smithy-client, aws-sdk offers a higher-level abstraction and more built-in functionalities for various AWS services.
Axios is a popular HTTP client for making requests in JavaScript. While it is not specifically designed for AWS services, it can be used to make HTTP requests to any endpoint, including AWS APIs. Compared to @smithy/smithy-client, axios is more general-purpose and does not include AWS-specific utilities.
Fetch is a built-in web API for making HTTP requests in modern browsers and Node.js environments. Like axios, it is not specifically designed for AWS services but can be used to interact with any HTTP endpoint. Compared to @smithy/smithy-client, fetch is more low-level and requires more manual handling of requests and responses.
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The npm package @smithy/smithy-client receives a total of 28,117,545 weekly downloads. As such, @smithy/smithy-client popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @smithy/smithy-client 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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