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HTTP: axios instead of request or superagent?

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
node.js
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Review the linked W3C Node.js package guidance and the axios npm page, then compare axios with the currently recommended request and superagent clients. The issue is complete when the project has a supported recommendation, backed by documented reasons and relevant experience.

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Description

documentation question

We are recommending request and superagent as HTTP clients. @xfq mentions axios as an alternative.

There is no public W3C project using it (although there is one private project).

Are there good reasons to recommend it? Who has experience with it and can defend it?

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