What is Axios?

Axios is a promise-based HTTP Client for node.js and the browser. It is isomorphic (= it can run in the browser and node.js with the same codebase). On the server-side it uses the native node.js http module, while on the client (browser) it uses XMLHttpRequest.

Features

• Make XMLHttpRequest from the browser
• Make http requests from node.js
• Supports the Promise API
• Intercept request and response
• Transform request and response data
• Cancel requests
• Timeouts
• Query parameters serialization with support for nested entries
• Automatic request body serialization to:
  • JSON (application/json)
  • Multipart / FormData (multipart/form-data)
  • URL encoded form (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
• Posting HTML forms as JSON
• Automatic JSON data handling in response
• Progress capturing for browsers and node.js with extra info (speed rate, remaining time)
• Setting bandwidth limits for node.js
• Compatible with spec-compliant FormData and Blob (including node.js)
• Client side support for protecting against XSRF

Installing

Using npm:

$ npm install axios

Using bower:

$ bower install axios

Using yarn:

$ yarn add axios

Using pnpm:

$ pnpm add axios

Using jsDelivr CDN:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>

Using unpkg CDN:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/axios/dist/axios.min.js"></script>

Prebuilt CommonJS modules for direct importing with require (if your module bundler failed to resolve them automatically)

const axios = require('axios/dist/browser/axios.cjs'); // browser
const axios = require('axios/dist/node/axios.cjs'); // node