axios

axios

Promise based XHR library

Features

• Making XMLHttpRequests supporting the Promise API
• Transforming request and response data
• Client side support for protecting against XSRF
• Specifying HTTP request headers
• Automatic transforms for JSON data

Installing

Using bower:

$ bower install axios

Using npm:

$ npm install axios

Compatability

Tested to work with >=IE8, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

Example

Performing a GET request

// Make a request for a user with a given ID
axios.get('/user?ID=12345')
	.then(function (response) {
		console.log(response);
	})
	
// Optionally the request above could also be done as
axios.get('/user', {
		params: {
			ID: 12345
		}
	})
	.then(function (response) {
		console.log(response);
	})

Performing a POST request

axios.post('/user', {
		firstName: 'Fred',
		lastName: 'Flintstone'
	})
	.then(function (response) {
		console.log(response);
	})

Aliases are provided for success and error

axios.get('/user/12345')
	.success(function () {
		console.log('user found');
	})
	.error(function () {
		console.log('error finding user');
	});

Request API

Requests can be made by passing the relevant config to axios.

axios(config)

axios({
	method: 'get',
	url: '/user/12345'
});

Request method aliases

For convenience aliases have been provided for all supported request methods.

axios.get(url[, config])

axios.delete(url[, config])

axios.head(url[, config])

axios.post(url[, data[, config]])

axios.put(url[, data[, config]])

axios.patch(url[, data[, config]])

NOTE

When using the alias methods url, method, and data properties don't need to be specified in config.

Config

This is the available config options for making requests. Only the url is required. Requests will default to GET if method is not specified.

{
	// `url` is the server URL that will be used for the request
	url: '/user',
	
	// `method` is the request method to be used when making the request
	method: 'get', // default
	
	// `transformRequest` allows changes to the request data before it is sent to the server
	// This is only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', and 'PATCH'
	transformRequest: [function (data) {
		// Do whatever you want to transform the data
		
		return data;
	}],
	
	// `transformResponse` allows changes to the response data to be made before
	// it is passed to the success/error handlers
	transformResponse: [function (data) {
		// Do whatever you want to transform the data
		
		return data;
	}],
	
	// `headers` are custom headers to be sent
	headers: {'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'},
	
	// `param` are the URL parameters to be sent with the request
	params: {
		ID: 12345
	},
	
	// `data` is the data to be sent as the request body
	// Only applicable for request methods 'PUT', 'POST', and 'PATCH'
	data: {
		firstName: 'Fred'
	},
	
	// `withCredentials` indicates whether or not cross-site Access-Control requests
	// should be made using credentials
	withCredentials: false, // default
	
	// `responseType` indicates the type of data that the server will respond with
	// options are 'arraybuffer', 'blob', 'document', 'json', 'text'
	responseType: 'json', // default
	
	// `xsrfCookieName` is the name of the cookie to use as a value for xsrf token
	xsrfCookieName: 'XSRF-TOKEN', // default
	
	// `xsrfHeaderName` is the name of the http header that carries the xsrf token value
	xsrfHeaderName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN' // default
}

Response API

For either success or error, the following response will be provided.

axios.get('/user/12345')
	.success(function (
		// `data` is the response that was provided by the server
		data,
		
		// `status` is the HTTP status code from the server response
		status,
		
		// `headers` the headers that the server responded with
		headers,
		
		// `config` is the config that was provided to `axios` for the request
		config
		) {
		// Do something with result
	});
}

Thanks

axios is heavily inspired by the $http service provided in Angular. Ultimately axios is an effort to provide a standalone $http-like service for use outside of Angular.

axios uses the es6-promise polyfill by Jake Archibald. Until we can use ES6 Promises natively in all browsers, this polyfill is a life saver.

License

MIT