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Re:I Forked Httpx by wging on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @06:23AM (#47515477)
These days node supports the fetch API, which is much simpler. (It wasn't there in 2020, it seems to have been added around 2022-2023.)
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Re:I Forked Httpx by dirkc on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @07:21AM (#47515869)
Yes, thankfully! It's amusing to read what they say about fetch on nodejs.org [1]:

> Undici is an HTTP client library that powers the fetch API in Node.js. It was written from scratch and does not rely on the built-in HTTP client in Node.js. It includes a number of features that make it a good choice for high-performance applications.

[1] - https://nodejs.org/en/learn/getting-started/fetch

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Re:I Forked Httpx by Pay08 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:54AM (#47518147)
Why is it amusing?
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Re:I Forked Httpx by dirkc on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @01:34PM (#47520592)
I say amusing because it points out that something I (and many other people) assume to be basic clearly has a lot more nuance to it.
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Re:I Forked Httpx by b450 on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @10:53AM (#47518138)
Note that node-fetch will silently ignore any overrides to "forbidden" request headers like Host, since it's designed for parity with fetch behavior in the browser. This caused a minor debugging headache for me once.
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