@glomex/custom-fetch
A convenience wrapper for fetch, which can be used in node and in the browser.
It handles the following things:
- Automatically assumes that
Content-Type': application/jsonis used (encodes body withJSON.stringifyand automatically resolves the response with.json()) - Allows to pass a timeout
Usage
Node
It ensures to load node-fetch and abort-controller as necessary.
const fetch = require('@glomex/custom-fetch');
fetch(
'https://my-endpoint',
// also see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#parameters
{ method: 'GET' },
{ timeout: 5000 }
);Browser
import fetch from 'https://unpkg.com/@glomex/custom-fetch@1/dist/custom-fetch.modern.js';
fetch(
'https://my-endpoint',
// also see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#parameters
{ method: 'GET' },
{ timeout: 5000, responseType: 'text' }
);